Habakkuk 2:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of peoples will plunder you—because of human bloodshed and violence against the land, the cities, and everyone who lives in them.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all who dwell therein.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Because thou hast plundered{H7997} many{H7227} nations,{H1471} all the remnant{H3499} of the peoples{H5971} shall plunder{H7997} thee, because of men's{H120} blood,{H1818} and for the violence{H2555} done to the land,{H776} to the city{H7151} and to all that dwell{H3427} therein.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Because thou hast spoiled{H7997}{(H8804)} many{H7227} nations{H1471}, all the remnant{H3499} of the people{H5971} shall spoil{H7997}{(H8799)} thee; because of men's{H120} blood{H1818}, and for the violence{H2555} of the land{H776}, of the city{H7151}, and of all that dwell{H3427}{(H8802)} therein.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Seinge thou hast spoyled many Heithen, therfore shall the remnaunt of the people spoyle the: because of mens bloude, & for the wronge done in the londe, in the cite & vnto all them that dwel therin.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Because thou hast spoyled many nations, all the remnant of the people shal spoyle thee, because of mens blood, and for the wrong done in the land, in the citie, and vnto all that dwell therein.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Because thou hast spoyled many nations, all the remnaunt of the people shall spoyle thee, because of mens blood, and for the wrong done in the lande, in the citie, and vnto all that dwell therin.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and [for] the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Because thou hast spoiled many nations, Spoil thee do all the remnant of the peoples, Because of man's blood, and of violence `to' the land, `To' the city, and `to' all dwelling in it.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Because you have taken their goods from great nations, all the rest of the peoples will take your goods from you; because of men's blood and violent acts against the land and the town and all who are living in it.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Because you robbed many countries, all who are left among the nations will rob you. You have shed human blood and committed violent acts against lands, cities, and those who live in them.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 33:1 : 1 Woe to you, destroyer, who has not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, who has not been betrayed! When you finish destroying, you will be destroyed. When you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.
  • Hab 2:17 : 17 The violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of beasts will terrify you, because of human bloodshed and violence against the land, the city, and all who live in it.
  • Zech 2:8-9 : 8 He said to him, 'Run and tell that young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited as a city without walls because of the multitude of people and livestock in it.' 9 'And I will be a wall of fire around her,' declares the LORD, 'and I will be the glory within her.'
  • Jer 27:7 : 7 All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes. Then many nations and great kings will make him their slave.
  • Jer 30:16 : 16 But all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries will go into captivity. Those who plunder you will be plundered, and all who loot you I will give as loot.
  • Jer 50:10-11 : 10 Chaldea will become plunder; all who plunder her will be satisfied,' declares the LORD. 11 'Because you rejoice and celebrate, you who plunder my inheritance; because you frolic like a threshing heifer and neigh like stallions,'
  • Jer 50:17-18 : 17 Israel is a scattered sheep chased by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to gnaw at his bones was Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. 18 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'I will punish the king of Babylon and his land just as I punished the king of Assyria.'
  • Jer 50:28 : 28 Listen to the voice of those fleeing and escaping from the land of Babylon, proclaiming in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.
  • Jer 50:33-34 : 33 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The people of Israel and the people of Judah are oppressed together. All their captors hold them fast and refuse to let them go. 34 But their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will vigorously defend their cause to bring rest to the land but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.
  • Jer 50:37 : 37 A sword is against her horses and her chariots, and against all the mixed multitude in her midst. They will become like women. A sword is against her treasures, and they will be plundered.
  • Jer 51:8 : 8 Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
  • Jer 51:13 : 13 You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.
  • Jer 51:24 : 24 Before your eyes, I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion, declares the Lord.
  • Jer 51:34-35 : 34 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has made me an empty vessel. He has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies. He has rinsed me out. 35 May the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Babylon, says the inhabitant of Zion. May my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea, says Jerusalem.
  • Jer 51:44 : 44 'I will punish Bel in Babylon and make him spew out what he has swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him, and even the wall of Babylon will fall.
  • Jer 51:48 : 48 Then the heavens and the earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon, because out of the north destroyers will come against her, declares the Lord.
  • Jer 51:55-56 : 55 For the Lord is laying Babylon waste and silencing her loud noise. Her waves roar like mighty waters; the sound of their tumult resounds. 56 For a destroyer has come against Babylon; her warriors are captured, their bows are broken. For the Lord is a God of retribution; He will fully repay.
  • Mic 4:11-13 : 11 But now many nations are gathered against you, saying, 'Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gloat over Zion.' 12 But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD; they do not understand His plan, that He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. 13 Rise and thresh, Daughter Zion, for I will make your horn like iron and your hooves like bronze, and you will crush many nations. You will dedicate their ill-gotten gains to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
  • Hab 2:10 : 10 You have planned disgrace for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your own life.
  • Zech 12:2-4 : 2 Behold, I am making Jerusalem a cup of reeling for all the surrounding nations. Even Judah will be besieged as Jerusalem is attacked. 3 And on that day, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who try to lift it will be severely injured, and all the nations of the earth will gather against her. 4 On that day,” declares the Lord, “I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness. But I will watch over the house of Judah, while I strike every horse of the nations with blindness.
  • Zech 14:12 : 12 This will be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
  • Rev 6:10 : 10 They cried out with a loud voice, 'How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until You judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?'
  • Rev 18:20-24 : 20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints, apostles, and prophets, because God has pronounced your judgment against her! 21 Then a mighty angel picked up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, 'Thus, with violence, Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and it will never be found again.' 22 The sound of harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again. No craftsman of any trade will ever be found in you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in you again. 23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The voice of a bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and all the nations were deceived by your sorcery. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who have been slain on the earth.
  • Zech 1:15 : 15 But I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they added to the harm.
  • Isa 33:4 : 4 Your plunder will be gathered like the gathering of locusts; people will swarm over it like locusts swarming.
  • Isa 47:6 : 6 I was angry with My people, I profaned My heritage and gave them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.
  • Ps 137:8 : 8 O daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    17 The violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of beasts will terrify you, because of human bloodshed and violence against the land, the city, and all who live in it.

  • Hab 2:7
    80%

    7 Will not your creditors suddenly arise? Will not those who make you tremble wake up? Then you will become their plunder.

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    79%

    12 You will come to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against resettled ruins and against a people gathered from the nations, people acquiring livestock and goods, who live at the center of the land.

  • Jer 30:16
    78%

    16 But all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries will go into captivity. Those who plunder you will be plundered, and all who loot you I will give as loot.

  • Isa 33:1
    78%

    1 Woe to you, destroyer, who has not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, who has not been betrayed! When you finish destroying, you will be destroyed. When you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.

  • Ezek 36:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13 This is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour humans and make your nations childless,’

    14 therefore, you will no longer devour people or make your nations childless,' declares the Lord GOD.

  • Hab 2:9-10
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    75%

    9 Woe to the one who gains unjust wealth for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of calamity!

    10 You have planned disgrace for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your own life.

  • Ezek 26:12
    75%

    12 'They will plunder your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your luxurious homes. They will throw your stones, timber, and rubble into the sea.'

  • Prov 22:23
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    74%

    2 They covet fields and seize them; they take houses and rob them. They oppress a man and his house, a person and their inheritance.

  • Ezek 28:7
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    7 therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom, and they will defile your splendor.

  • Jer 12:12
    74%

    12 On all the barren heights in the wilderness, destroyers have come. For the sword of the LORD is devouring from one end of the land to the other; no flesh has peace.

  • Zeph 1:13
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    13 Their wealth will become plunder, and their houses a desolation. They will build houses but not live in them, and they will plant vineyards but not drink their wine.

  • Obad 1:15
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    15 For the day of the LORD is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.

  • Jer 15:13
    74%

    13 Your wealth and your treasures I will give as plunder, without price, because of all your sins throughout your territory.

  • Amos 3:11
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    11 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: "An enemy will surround the land, bring down your strength, and plunder your fortresses."

  • Isa 14:20-21
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    20 You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land and slain your people. The offspring of evildoers will never be remembered.

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    73%

    7 Your land is desolate, your cities are burned with fire; in your presence, foreigners devour your fields. It is desolate, as if overthrown by strangers.

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    8 Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?'

  • Jer 17:3
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    3 O my mountain in the field, I will give away your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, along with your high places, because of the sin committed throughout your borders.

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    10 Chaldea will become plunder; all who plunder her will be satisfied,' declares the LORD.

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    12 Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town with injustice!

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    7 For they have devoured Jacob and ruined his dwelling place.

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    12 Her rich men are full of violence; her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

    13 Therefore, I have begun to strike you and make you desolate because of your sins.

    14 You will eat but not be satisfied, and your emptiness will remain within you. You will store up but not save, and what you do save, I will give over to the sword.

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    73%

    1 Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, packed with plunder, never without prey.

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    73%

    24 I will bring the most evil of nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the mighty, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.

  • Mic 2:8
    73%

    8 But lately, my people have risen up like an enemy. You strip off the garments of those who pass by trustingly, returning from war.

  • Mic 7:13
    72%

    13 The land will become desolate because of its inhabitants, due to the fruit of their deeds.

  • Zech 14:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 Behold, a day is coming for the Lord, when your plunder will be divided in your midst.

    2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle, and the city will be captured, the houses will be plundered, and the women violated. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.

  • Ezek 22:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12 In you, they accept bribes to shed blood; they take interest and increase unlawfully. You have gained profit in extorting your neighbors, and you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.

    13 See, I will strike my hands together in anger at the dishonest gain you have made and the bloodshed that has been done in your midst.

  • Isa 49:19
    72%

    19 Your ruins, desolate places, and devastated land will now be too small for your inhabitants, and those who devoured you will be far away.

  • Ezek 32:9
    72%

    9 I will trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring about your ruin among the nations, in lands you do not know.

  • Lev 26:38
    72%

    38 You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you.

  • Ezek 35:5
    72%

    5 Because you have harbored eternal hostility and delivered the Israelites to the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment,

  • Obad 1:11
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    11 On the day you stood aloof, on the day strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.

  • Ezek 16:40
    72%

    40 They will bring a crowd against you, stone you to death, and cut you to pieces with their swords.

  • Jer 5:17
    72%

    17 They will consume your harvest and your bread, devour your sons and daughters, eat your flocks and herds, and consume your vines and fig trees. With the sword, they will destroy your fortified cities in which you trust.

  • Jer 51:13
    72%

    13 You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.

  • Ezek 5:14
    72%

    14 I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.

  • Mic 2:4
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    4 On that day, they will take up a taunt against you and wail with bitter lament, saying: 'We are utterly ruined; my people's inheritance is divided. How it has been taken away from me! He removes our fields and gives them to traitors.'

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    71%

    6 You have multiplied your slain in this city and filled its streets with the dead.

  • Ezek 28:19
    71%

    19 All the nations who knew you are appalled at you; you have come to a terrible end and will exist no more forever.

  • Ezek 23:46
    71%

    46 For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘Bring a great assembly against them and hand them over to terror and plunder.'