Habakkuk 2:9
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English Standard Version
“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm!

New American Standard Bible
"Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house To put his nest on high, To be delivered from the hand of calamity!

King James Bible
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Woe to him who dishonestly makes wealth for his house to place his nest on high, to escape from the reach of disaster!

International Standard Version
"Woe to the one who amasses profit upon unjust profit in order to establish his household, so he can establish a secure place on the heights and escape from the power of evil.

NET Bible
The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
" 'How horrible it will be for the one who uses violence to get things for his own household in order to set his nest up high and save himself from disaster.'

King James 2000 Bible
Woe to him that covets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of ruin!

American King James Version
Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

American Standard Version
Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Woe to him that gathereth together an evil covetousness to his house, that his nest may be on high, and thinketh he may be delivered out of the hand of evil.

Darby Bible Translation
Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil!

English Revised Version
Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

Webster's Bible Translation
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

World English Bible
Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

Young's Literal Translation
Woe to him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,
Lexicon
Woe
howy  (hoh'ee)
oh! -- ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
to him that coveteth
batsa`  (baw-tsah')
figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop -- (be) covet(-ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded.
an evil
ra`  (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
covetousness
betsa`  (beh'-tsah)
plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust) -- covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.
to his house
bayith  (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
that he may set
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
his nest
qen  (kane)
a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwelling -- nest, room.
on high
marowm  (maw-rome')
altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft) -- (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.
that he may be delivered
natsal  (naw-tsal')
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
from the power
kaph  (kaf)
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
of evil
ra`  (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
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