Habakkuk 2:9
World English Bible (WEB)
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!
In context
7 Won’t your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?
8 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.
9 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!
10 You have devised shame to your house by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.
11 For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.
Habakkuk 2:9 in every translation
- WEB 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!
- KJV King James Version
- 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!
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
- ASV 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!
- YLT 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,
- DBY Darby 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!
- WBS Webster 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!