HAB 2:12 Parallel View

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ULT ‘Woe to the one who builds a city with blood, and who establishes a town in iniquity.’

UST Terrible things will happen to you people of Babylonia who kill people in order to build cities,
⇔ cities that you build by using money that you have gotten by committing crimes.

BSB  ⇔ Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
⇔ and establishes a town by iniquity!

OEB  ⇔ Woe to the person who builds a city by bloodshed,
⇔ and founds a town by crime

WEB Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!

NET The one who builds a city by bloodshed is as good as dead –
 ⇔ he who starts a town by unjust deeds.

LSV Woe [to] him who is building a city by blood,
And establishing a city by iniquity.

FBV What disaster is coming to you who build cities with bloodshed, who found cities built on wickedness!

T4T  ⇔ Terrible things will happen to you people of Babylonia who kill people [MTY] in order to build cities,
⇔ cities that you build by using money that you have gotten by committing crimes.

LEB • him who builds a city by bloodguilt, and who founds a city by wickedness!

BBE A curse on him who is building a place with blood, and basing a town on evil-doing!

MOF No MOF HAB book available

JPS Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!

ASV Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!

DRA Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and prepareth a city by iniquity.

YLT Woe [to] him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity.

DBY Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by unrighteousness!

RV Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

WBS Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!

KJB ¶ Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity![fn]
(¶ Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!)

2.12 blood: Heb. bloods

BB Wo vnto him that buyldeth a towne with blood, and erecteth a citie by iniquitie.
(Woe unto him that buyldeth a town with blood, and erecteth a city by iniquitie.)

GNV Wo vnto him that buildeth a towne with blood, and erecteth a citie by iniquitie.
(Woe unto him that buildeth a town with blood, and erecteth a city by iniquitie. )

CB Wo vnto him, yt buyldeth the towne with bloude, and maynteneth ye cite with vnrightuousnes.
(Woe unto him, it buyldeth the town with blood, and maynteneth ye/you_all cite with unrightuousnes.)

WYC Wo to hym that bildith a citee in bloodis, and makith redi a citee in wickidnesse.
(Woe to him that bildith a city in bloodis, and makith ready a city in wickednesse.)

LUT Wehe dem, der die Stadt mit Blut bauet und zurichtet die Stadt mit Unrecht!
(Wehe to_him, the the city with blood bauet and zurichtet the city with Unrecht!)

CLV Væ qui ædificat civitatem in sanguinibus, et præparat urbem in iniquitate !
(Alas who ædificat civitatem in sanguinibus, and præparat urbem in iniquitate ! )

BRN Woe to him that builds a city with blood, and establishes a city by unrighteousness.

BrLXX Οὐαὶ ὁ οἰκοδομῶν πόλιν ἐν αἵμασι, καὶ ἑτοιμάζων πόλιν ἐν ἀδικίαις.
(Ouai ho oikodomōn polin en haimasi, kai hetoimazōn polin en adikiais. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) Woe to the one who builds a city with blood, and who establishes a town in iniquity

(Some words not found in UHB: woe building (a)_city in/on/at/with,bloodshed and,founds town in/on/at/with,iniquity )

These two phrases are saying the same thing in different ways. Alternate translation: “A warning to the Chaldeans who built their cities with what they have stolen from the people they have killed”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) the one who builds a city with blood

(Some words not found in UHB: woe building (a)_city in/on/at/with,bloodshed and,founds town in/on/at/with,iniquity )

Here the word “blood” is a metonym for murder. It is implicit that the person builds a city by means of the goods that he stole from those whom he has killed. Alternate translation: “the one who kills people and steals their goods in order to build a city” (See also: figs-explicit)

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) who establishes a town in iniquity

(Some words not found in UHB: woe building (a)_city in/on/at/with,bloodshed and,founds town in/on/at/with,iniquity )

It is implicit that the person builds a city by means of the goods that he stole from those whom he has killed. Here the word “establishes” means “to begin.” Alternate translation: “who starts a town by means of the profit that he has acquired through evil behavior”

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