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OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Anyone who builds a city with blood,
⇔ or who establishes a town with wickedness won’t end well.
OET-LV woe_to one_who_builds a_city in/on/at/with_bloodshed and_founds a_town in/on/at/with_iniquity.
UHB ה֛וֹי בֹּנֶ֥ה עִ֖יר בְּדָמִ֑ים וְכוֹנֵ֥ן קִרְיָ֖ה בְּעַוְלָֽה׃ ‡
(hōy boneh ˊir bədāmim vəkōnēn qiryāh bəˊavlāh.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Οὐαὶ ὁ οἰκοδομῶν πόλιν ἐν αἵμασι, καὶ ἑτοιμάζων πόλιν ἐν ἀδικίαις.
(Ouai ho oikodomōn polin en haimasi, kai hetoimazōn polin en adikiais. )
BrTr Woe to him that builds a city with blood, and establishes a city by unrighteousness.
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!
MSB (Same as above)
OEB ⇔ Woe to the person who builds a city by bloodshed,
⇔ and founds a town by crime
WEBBE Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!
WMBB (Same as above)
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 No LEB HAB book available
BBE A curse on him who is building a place with blood, and basing a town on evil-doing!
Moff No Moff 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.
Drby 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!
(Woe to him that buildeth/builds a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! )
SLT Wo! to him building a city with bloods, and preparing a city by iniquity.
Wbstr Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
KJB-1769 ¶ Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity![fn]
(¶ Woe to him that buildeth/builds a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! )
2.12 blood: Heb. bloods
KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Woe to him that buildeth a towne with blood, and stablisheth a citie by iniquitie.
(¶ Woe to him that buildeth/builds a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity.)
2:12 Heb. bloods.
Bshps No Bshps HAB book available
Gnva Wo vnto him that buildeth a towne with blood, and erecteth a citie by iniquitie.
(Woe unto him that buildeth/builds a town with blood, and erecteth a city by iniquity. )
Cvdl No Cvdl HAB book available
Wycl No Wycl HAB book available
Luth No Luth HAB book available
ClVg Væ qui ædificat civitatem in sanguinibus, et præparat urbem in iniquitate !
(Alas who ædificat the_city in/into/on with_blood, and beforeparat city in/into/on iniquity ! )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT HAB book available
2:2-20 God responds to Habakkuk’s second complaint (1:12–2:1) without explaining why he chose to use the Babylonians. Rather, he assures Habakkuk that all violence and injustice will be punished.
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”