HAB 2:5 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ὁ δὲ κατοιόμενος, καὶ καταφρονητὴς, ἀνὴρ ἀλαζὼν, οὐθὲν μὴ περάνῃ· ὃς ἐπλάτυνε καθὼς ᾅδης τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὗτος ὡς θάνατος οὐκ ἐμπιπλάμενος, καὶ ἐπισυνάξει ἐπʼ αὐτὸν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, καὶ εἰσδέξεται πρὸς αὐτὸν πάντας τοὺς λαούς.
(Ho de katoiomenos, kai katafronaʸtaʸs, anaʸr alazōn, outhen maʸ peranaʸ; hos eplatune kathōs hadaʸs taʸn psuⱪaʸn autou, kai houtos hōs thanatos ouk empiplamenos, kai episunaxei epʼ auton panta ta ethnaʸ, kai eisdexetai pros auton pantas tous laous. )

BrTr But the arrogant man and the scorner, the boastful man, shall not finish anything; who has enlarged his desire as the grave, and like death he is never satisfied, and he will gather to himself all the nations, and will receive to himself all the peoples.

ULT For wine betrays the arrogant man so that he will not abide,
⇔ but enlarges his appetite like Sheol and, like death, is never satisfied.
⇔ He gathers to himself every nation and collects for himself all of the peoples.

UST If people live for excess such as wine, they will deceive themselves,
⇔ and proud people are never able to rest.
⇔ Greedy people open their mouths as wide as the place where dead people are,
⇔ and they never have enough,
⇔ just like the place of the dead never has enough dead people.
⇔ The armies of Babylonia conquer many nations for themselves,
⇔ and capture all their people.

BSB and wealth[fn] indeed betrays him. [He is] an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
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MSB and wealth[fn] indeed betrays him. [He is] an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
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OEB ⇔ Wealth is treacherous,
⇔ the arrogant never have enough.
⇔ They make their desire as wide as Sheol,
⇔ are like death, unsatisfied,
⇔ For they gather to themselves all the nations,
⇔ bring together to themselves all peoples.

WEBBE Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous: an arrogant man who doesn’t stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol;[fn] he is like death and can’t be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations and heaps to himself all peoples.

2:5 Sheol is the place of the dead.

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

NET Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man!
⇔ His appetite is as big as Sheol’s;
⇔ like death, he is never satisfied.
⇔ He gathers all the nations;
⇔ he seizes all peoples.

LSV And also, because the wine [is] treacherous,
A man is haughty, and does not remain at home,
Who has enlarged his soul as Sheol,
And is as death that is not satisfied,
And gathers to itself all the nations,
And assembles to itself all the peoples,

FBV In addition wealth provides no security.[fn] Those who are arrogant never have any peace; their greedy mouths are as wide open as the grave,[fn] and like death they are never satisfied. They gather nations like possessions, swallowing up many peoples.

2:5 “Wealth provides no security”: following one understanding of the Habbakuk pesher (commentary) from Qumran reading. The Masoretic Text has “wine is deceptive.”

2:5 Literally, “Sheol,” the place of the dead.

T4T If people trust in their wealth, they will deceive themselves,
⇔ and proud people are never able to rest.
⇔ It is as though the greedy people of Babylonia open their mouths as wide as the place where dead people are,
⇔ and they never have enough,
⇔ like the place where dead people go never has enough dead people [PRS].
⇔ The armies of Babylonia conquer many nations for themselves,
⇔ and capture all their people.

LEB No LEB HAB book available

BBE A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself.

Moff No Moff HAB book available

JPS Yea, moreover, wine is a treacherous dealer; the haughty man abideth not; he who enlargeth his desire as the nether-world, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.

ASV Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.

DRA And as wine deceiveth him that drinketh it: so shall the proud man be, and he shall not be honoured: who hath enlarged his desire like hell: and is himself like death, and he is never satisfied: but will gather together unto him all nations, and heap together unto him all people.

YLT And also, because the wine [is] treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples,

Drby And moreover, the wine is treacherous: he is a proud man, and keepeth not at rest, he enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is like death and cannot be satisfied; and he assembleth unto him all nations, and gathereth unto him all peoples.

RV Yea, moreover, wine is a treacherous dealer, a haughty man, and that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as hell, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.
(Yea, moreover/what’s_more, wine is a treacherous dealer, a haughty man, and that keepeth/keeps not at home; who enlargeth his desire as hell, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth/gathers unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples. )

SLT And also if a proud man transgressing by wine, and he will not rest; who enlarged his soul as hades, and he as death, and he will not be satisfied, and he will gather to him all nations, and he will collect to him all peoples.

Wbstr Yes also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire, as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth to him all nations, and collecteth to him all people:

KJB-1769 ¶ Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:[fn]
(¶ Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth/keeps at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth/gathers unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: )

2.5 Yea…: or, How much more

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth vnto him all nations, & heapeth vnto him all people:
(¶ Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth/keeps at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth/gathers unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:)

2:5 Or, how much more.

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Gnva Yea, in deede the proude man is as hee that transgresseth by wine: therefore shall he not endure, because he hath enlarged his desire as the hell, and is as death, and can not be satisfied, but gathereth vnto him all nations, and heapeth vnto him all people.
(Yea, indeed the proud man is as he that transgresseth by wine: therefore shall he not endure, because he hath/has enlarged his desire as the hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth/gathers unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people. )

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ClVg Et quomodo vinum potantem decipit, sic erit vir superbus, et non decorabitur: qui dilatavit quasi infernus animam suam, et ipse quasi mors, et non adimpletur: et congregabit ad se omnes gentes, et coacervabit ad se omnes populos.
(And how wine potantem decipit, so will_be man superbus, and not/no decorabitur: who dilatavit as_if infernus the_soul his_own, and exactly_that/himself as_if death, and not/no adimpletur: and will_gather to himself everyone people/nations, and coacervabit to himself everyone to_the_peoples. )

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

(Occurrence 0) For wine is a betrayer of the arrogant young man

(Some words not found in UHB: and,furthermore that/for/because/then/when the,wine betrays man arrogant and=not at_rest which/who enlarges like,sheol appetite_of,his and=he like_the,death and=not satisfied and,gathers to=him/it all/each/any/every the=nations and,collects to=him/it all/each/any/every the,peoples )

Yahweh speaks of how a person’s judgment is impaired by drinking too much wine as if wine were a person who betrays the one who drinks it. Alternate translation: “For the arrogant young man does not get from wine what he wants”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) so that he will not abide

Here the word “abide” refers to dwelling in a home and is a metaphor for having no place to rest. Alternate translation: “so that he will not be able to rest”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) enlarges his desire like the grave and, like death, is never satisfied

Yahweh speaks of there always being more people to die as if “the grave” and “death” were people who are never satisfied with eating. In the same way, this person always wants more and is never satisfied.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) He gathers to himself every nation and gathers up for himself all of the peoples

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: “He conquers for himself the people of every nation”

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