Parallel HAB 2:9

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BSB  ⇔ 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!

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!

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  • 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!

MOF No MOF HAB book available

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,

DBY 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!

WBS 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 ¶ 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 an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!)

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BB 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 coueteth an evil couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of evil.)

GNV 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.

CB 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 couetously gathereth evil gotten goodes in to his house: that he may set his nest an hye, to escape from the power of mysfortune.)

WYC 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 gaderith yuel coueitise to his house, that his nest be in hiy, and gessith him for to be delivered of the hand of yuel.)

LUT Wehe dem, der da geizet zum Unglück seines Hauses, auf daß er sein Nest in die Höhe lege, daß er dem Unfall entrinne!
  (Wehe to_him, the there geizet for_the Unglück seines houses, on that he his nest in the Höhe lege, that he to_him Unfall entrinne!)

CLV Væ qui congregat avaritiam malam domui suæ, ut sit in excelso nidus ejus, et liberari se putat de manu mali !
  (Alas who congregat avaritiam malam domui suæ, as sit in excelso nidus his, and liberari se putat about by_hand mali ! )

BRN 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.

BrLXX Ὢ ὁ πλεονεκτῶν πλεονεξίαν κακὴν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ, τοῦ τάξαι εἰς ὕψος νοσσιὰν αὐτοῦ, τοῦ ἐκσπασθῆναι ἐκ χειρὸς κακῶν.
  (Ὢ ho pleonektōn pleonexian kakaʸn tōi oikōi autou, tou taxai eis hupsos nossian autou, tou ekspasthaʸnai ek ⱪeiros kakōn. )