Habakkuk 2:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

Woe to him who 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!

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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!

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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!

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Woe{H1945} to him that getteth{H1214} an evil{H7451} gain{H1215} for his house,{H1004} that he may set{H7760} his nest{H7064} on high,{H4791} that he may be delivered{H5337} from the hand{H3709} of evil!{H7451}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Woe{H1945} to him that coveteth{H1214}{(H8802)} an evil{H7451} covetousness{H1215} to his house{H1004}, that he may set{H7760}{(H8800)} his nest{H7064} on high{H4791}, that he may be delivered{H5337}{(H8736)} from the power{H3709} of evil{H7451}!

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    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.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    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.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    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.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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!

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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!

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Wo `to' him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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!

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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!

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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 Bible® (New English Translation)

    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.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 49:16 : 16 Your terribleness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says the LORD.
  • Obad 1:4 : 4 Though you exalt yourself like the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down, says the LORD.
  • Zech 5:1-4 : 1 Then I turned, and lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold, a flying scroll. 2 And he said to me, What do you see? And I answered, I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits. 3 Then he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on this side; and everyone who swears shall be cut off according to it on that side. 4 I will bring it forth, says the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with its timber and its stones.
  • Acts 1:17-25 : 17 For he was numbered with us and had a part in this ministry. 18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out. 19 And it became known to all those dwelling in Jerusalem, so that the field is called in their own language, Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood. 20 For it is written in the Book of Psalms: Let his dwelling place be desolate, and let no one live in it, and, Let another take his office. 21 Therefore, of these men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 22 Beginning from the baptism of John to that day when He was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of His resurrection. 23 And they proposed two: Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. 24 And they prayed and said, You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which of these two You have chosen 25 To take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
  • Jude 1:11 : 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
  • Gen 13:10-13 : 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as you come to Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated from each other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
  • Gen 19:26-38 : 26 But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. 27 And Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he stood before the LORD. 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace. 29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the upheaval, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt. 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters were with him, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar: and he lived in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And the firstborn said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us in the manner of all the earth. 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve the seed of our father. 33 So they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he did not perceive when she lay down, nor when she arose. 34 And it came to pass the next day, that the firstborn said to the younger, Behold, I lay last night with my father: let us make him drink wine tonight also; and go in, lie with him, that we may preserve the seed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he did not perceive when she lay down, nor when she arose. 36 Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. 37 And the firstborn bore a son, and called his name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites to this day. 38 And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-Ammi: he is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.
  • Deut 7:25-26 : 25 The graven images of their gods you shall burn with fire: you shall not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it to you, lest you be ensnared by it: for it is an abomination to the LORD your God. 26 Neither shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you become a cursed thing like it: but you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
  • Josh 7:21-26 : 21 When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. 22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and, behold, it was hidden in his tent, and the silver under it. 23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them to Joshua, and to all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD. 24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them to the valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, Why have you troubled us? the LORD shall trouble you this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. 26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
  • 1 Kgs 21:2-4 : 2 And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house; and I will give you a better vineyard for it; or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money. 3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you. 4 And Ahab came into his house sullen and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers. And he lay down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
  • 1 Kgs 21:19-24 : 19 And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says the LORD, Have you killed, and also taken possession? And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even yours. 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you: because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the LORD. 21 Behold, I will bring evil upon you, and will take away your posterity, and will cut off from Ahab every male, both bond and free in Israel, 22 And will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin. 23 And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. 24 The one who dies of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and the one who dies in the field the birds of the air shall eat.
  • 2 Kgs 5:20-27 : 20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, by not receiving from his hands what he brought: but, as the LORD lives, I will run after him, and take something from him. 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? 22 And he said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Behold, now there have come to me from Mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: please give them a talent of silver, and two changes of clothing. 23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants; and they carried them before him. 24 And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hands, and stored them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. 25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where have you been, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went nowhere. 26 And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive clothing, olive groves, and vineyards, sheep, oxen, male servants, and female servants? 27 Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you, and to your descendants forever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
  • Job 20:19-28 : 19 Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house he did not build; 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save anything of what he desired. 21 None of his food shall be left; therefore no one shall look for his goods. 22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress; every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of His wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of bronze shall strike him through. 25 It is drawn, and comes out of the body; yes, the glittering sword comes out of his gall; terrors are upon him. 26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures; a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with the one who remains in his tent. 27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him. 28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of God's wrath.
  • Ps 10:3-6 : 3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the greedy, whom the LORD abhors. 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God; God is not in all his thoughts. 5 His ways are always grievous; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he sneers at them. 6 He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved; for I shall never be in adversity.
  • Ps 49:11 : 11 Their inward thought is that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
  • Ps 52:7 : 7 Look, this is the man that did not make God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
  • Prov 18:11-12 : 11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his own conceit. 12 Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, and before honor is humility.
  • Isa 28:15 : 15 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hidden ourselves:
  • Isa 47:7-9 : 7 And you said, 'I shall be a lady forever,' so that you did not lay these things to heart, nor remember their end. 8 Therefore hear this now, you that are given to pleasures, that dwell carelessly, that say in your heart, 'I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, nor shall I know the loss of children.' 9 But these two things shall come to you in a moment, in one day: the loss of children and widowhood. They shall come upon you in their fullness for the multitude of your sorceries and for the great abundance of your enchantments.
  • Jer 22:13-19 : 13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and gives him nothing for his work; 14 Who says, I will build myself a wide house and large rooms, and cuts him out windows; and it is paneled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. 15 Shall you reign, because you enclose yourself in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD. 17 But your eyes and your heart are set only on your covetousness, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression, and on violence, to do it. 18 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! 19 He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

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