Jump to Previous Builds Calamity Clutches Coveteth Covetousness Curse Delivered Escape Evil Family Gain Gaining Gains Gets Grasp Hand Harm High House Nest Power Profits Reach Realm Resting-Place Ruin Safe Unjust Wo Woe WrongdoerJump to Next Builds Calamity Clutches Coveteth Covetousness Curse Delivered Escape Evil Family Gain Gaining Gains Gets Grasp Hand Harm High House Nest Power Profits Reach Realm Resting-Place Ruin Safe Unjust Wo Woe WrongdoerParallel Verses 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 Woehowy (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.). Multilingual Habacuc 2:9 FrenchLinks Habakkuk 2:9 NIV • Habakkuk 2:9 NLT • Habakkuk 2:9 ESV • Habakkuk 2:9 NASB • Habakkuk 2:9 KJV • Habakkuk 2:9 Bible Apps • Habakkuk 2:9 Parallel • Bible Hub |