Verse List for HAB 2:9

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OET (OET-RV) It won’t end well for anyone who’s used evil gains to furnish his house. ⇔ He wanted to set his nest on high to keep himself safe from the hand of evil,

OET-LV woe _to one _who_gains unjust _gain evil for_house _of_his to_set on_places nest _of_his to_deliver _himself from_the_palm _of evil.

ULT ‘Woe to the one gaining an evil gain for his house, ⇔  to set his nest on high, to be delivered from the hand of evil.’

UST Terrible things will happen to you people of Babylonia who build big houses ⇔  with money that you got by forcing others to give it to you. ⇔ You are proud, and you think that your houses will be safe ⇔  because you have built them in places where you can easily defend them.

BSB & MSB Woe to him who builds his house ⇔  by unjust gain, ⇔ to place his nest on high ⇔  [and] escape the hand of disaster!

OEB ⇔  Woe to you who seeks unjust gain for your dynasty, ⇔ who sets your nest on high to be safe from the reach of misfortune!

WEBBE & WMBB 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!

NET 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.

LSV Woe [to] him who is gaining evil gain for his house,
To set his nest on high,
To be delivered from the hand of evil,

FBV What disaster is coming to you who build houses through dishonest gain! You think you can place your “nest” so high it will be safe from disaster.

T4T ⇔  Terrible things will happen to you people of Babylonia who build big houses ⇔  with money that you got by forcing others to give it to you. ⇔ You are proud and you think that your houses will be safe ⇔  because you have built them in places where you can easily defend them.

LEB • Woe to him who obtains profit from evil gain for his house,
• to set his nest on high,
• to be saved from the hand of misfortune!

BBE A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!

Moff Woe to him who stores ill-gotten gains, ⇔ seeking to set his nest on high, ⇔ safe from the clutches of calamity!

JPS Woe to him that gaineth evil gains for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

ASV 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!

DRA 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.

YLT 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,

Drby 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!

RV 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!

SLT Wo! to him plundering an evil plunder to his house, to set his nest on high, to deliver from the hand of evil.

Wbstr 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!

KJB-1769 ¶ 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![fn][fn]
(¶ Woe to him that coveteth/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!)

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn][fn]Woe to him that coueteth an euill couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that hee may be deliuered from the power of euill.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps Wo he that coueteth an euyll couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euyll.
(Woe he that coveteth/covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, to escape from the power of evil.)

Gnva Ho, he that coueteth an euil couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euil.
(Ho, he that coveteth/covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, to escape from the power of evil.)

Cvdl Wo vnto him, that couetously gathereth euell gotten goodes in to his house: that he maye set his nest an hye, to escape from the power of mysfortune.
(Woe unto him, that covetously gathereth/gathers evil gotten goods in to his house: that he may set his nest an high, to escape from the power of misfortune.)

Wycl Wo to hym that gaderith yuel coueitise to his hous, that his nest be in hiy, and gessith hym for to be delyuered of the hond of yuel.
(Woe to him that gathereth/gathers evil covetousness to his house, that his nest be in high, and gessith him for to be delivered of the hand of evil.)

Luth Wehe dem, der da geizet zum Unglück seines Hauses, auf daß er sein Nest in die Höhe lege, daß er dem Unfall entrinne!
(Woe to_him, the/of_the there stingy for_the accident/misfortune/disaster his houses(n), on/in/to that he be nest(n) in the height lay, that he to_him Unfall escape(v)!)

ClVg Væ qui congregat avaritiam malam domui suæ, ut sit in excelso nidus ejus, et liberari se putat de manu mali !
(Alas/Woe(pl) who/which gathers greed evil home his/her_own(pl), as be in/into/on on_high nidus his/her, and to_be_freed himself thinks from/about by_hand evil !)

UHB ה֗וֹי בֹּצֵ֛עַ בֶּ֥צַע רָ֖ע לְ⁠בֵית֑⁠וֹ לָ⁠שׂ֤וּם בַּ⁠מָּרוֹם֙ קִנּ֔⁠וֹ לְ⁠הִנָּצֵ֖ל מִ⁠כַּף־רָֽע׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὢ ὁ πλεονεκτῶν πλεονεξίαν κακὴν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ, τοῦ τάξαι εἰς ὕψος νοσσιὰν αὐτοῦ, τοῦ ἐκσπασθῆναι ἐκ χειρὸς κακῶν.

BrTr 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 evils.