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World English Bible

Habakkuk 2 (WEBP)

[1] I will stand at my watch and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
[2] Yahweh answered me, “Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs may read it.
[3] For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it, because it will surely come. It won’t delay.
[4] Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.
[5] Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous: an arrogant man who doesn’t stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol; he is like death and can’t be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations and heaps to himself all peoples.
[6] Won’t all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?’
[7] Won’t your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?
[8] 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.
[9] 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!
[10] You have devised shame to your house by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.
[11] For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.
[12] Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!
[13] Behold, isn’t it from Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
[14] For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of Yahweh’s glory, as the waters cover the sea.
[15] “Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!
[16] You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink and be exposed! The cup of Yahweh’s right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.
[17] For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals will terrify you, because of men’s blood and for the violence done to the land, to every city and to those who dwell in them.
[18] “What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?
[19] Woe to him who says to the wood, ‘Awake!’ or to the mute stone, ‘Arise!’ Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all within it.
[20] But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!”

Habakkuk 2:5 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Habakkuk 2 (KJVS)

[1] I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
[2] And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
[3] For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
[4] Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
[5] 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:
[6] shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
[7] Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
[8] 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.
[9] 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!
[10] Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
[11] For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
[12] Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
[13] Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
[14] For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
[15] Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
[16] Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord’s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
[17] For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
[18] What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
[19] Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
[20] But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

Habakkuk 2:1a Heb. fenced place
Habakkuk 2:1b Or, in me
Habakkuk 2:1c Or, when I am argued with. Heb. upon my reproof or arguing
Habakkuk 2:5 Or, how much more
Habakkuk 2:6 Or, Ho, he
Habakkuk 2:8 Heb. bloods
Habakkuk 2:9 Heb. palm of the hand
Habakkuk 2:11a Or, piece, or, fastening
Habakkuk 2:11b Or, witness against it
Habakkuk 2:12 Heb. bloods
Habakkuk 2:13 Or, in vain
Habakkuk 2:16 Or, more with shame then with glory
Habakkuk 2:18 Heb. the facioner of his facion
Habakkuk 2:20 Heb. be silent all the earth before him

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Habakkuk 2 (BYZ)

[1] Ἐπὶ () τῆς () φυλακῆς () μου () στήσομαι () καὶ () ἐπιβήσομαι () ἐπὶ () πέτραν () καὶ () ἀποσκοπεύσω τοῦ () ἰδεῖν () τί () λαλήσει () ἐν () ἐμοὶ () καὶ () τί () ἀποκριθῶ () ἐπὶ () τὸν () ἔλεγχόν () μου. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () πρός () με () κύριος () καὶ () εἶπεν () Γράψον () ὅρασιν () καὶ () σαφῶς ἐπὶ () πυξίον, ὅπως () διώκῃ () ὁ () ἀναγινώσκων () αὐτά. ()
[3] Διότι () ἔτι () ὅρασις () εἰς () καιρὸν () καὶ () ἀνατελεῖ () εἰς () πέρας () καὶ () οὐκ () εἰς () κενόν· () ἐὰν () ὑστερήσῃ, () ὑπόμεινον () αὐτόν, () ὅτι () ἐρχόμενος () ἥξει () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () χρονίσῃ. ()
[4] Ἐὰν () ὑποστείληται, () οὐκ () εὐδοκεῖ () ἡ () ψυχή () μου () ἐν () αὐτῷ· () ὁ () δὲ () δίκαιος () ἐκ () πίστεώς () μου () ζήσεται. ()
[5] Ὁ () δὲ () κατοινωμένος καὶ () καταφρονητὴς () ἀνὴρ () ἀλάζων () οὐδὲν () μὴ () περάνῃ, ὃς () ἐπλάτυνεν () καθὼς () ὁ () ᾅδης () τὴν () ψυχὴν () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () οὗτος () ὡς () θάνατος () οὐκ () ἐμπιπλάμενος () καὶ () ἐπισυνάξει () ἐπ’ () αὐτὸν () πάντα () τὰ () ἔθνη () καὶ () εἰσδέξεται () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () πάντας () τοὺς () λαούς. ()
[6] Οὐχὶ () ταῦτα () πάντα () παραβολὴν () κατ’ () αὐτοῦ () λήμψονται () καὶ () πρόβλημα εἰς () διήγησιν () αὐτοῦ; () Καὶ () ἐροῦσιν () Οὐαὶ () ὁ () πληθύνων () ἑαυτῷ () τὰ () οὐκ () ὄντα () αὐτοῦ ()—ἕως () τίνος; ()—καὶ () βαρύνων () τὸν () κλοιὸν αὐτοῦ () στιβαρῶς.
[7] Ὅτι () ἐξαίφνης () ἀναστήσονται () δάκνοντες () αὐτόν, () καὶ () ἐκνήψουσιν () οἱ () ἐπίβουλοί σου, () καὶ () ἔσῃ () εἰς () διαρπαγὴν αὐτοῖς. ()
[8] Διότι () σὺ () ἐσκύλευσας ἔθνη () πολλά, () σκυλεύσουσίν σε () πάντες () οἱ () ὑπολελειμμένοι () λαοὶ () δι’ () αἵματα () ἀνθρώπων () καὶ () ἀσεβείας () γῆς () καὶ () πόλεως () καὶ () πάντων () τῶν () κατοικούντων () αὐτήν. ()—
[9] ὦ () ὁ () πλεονεκτῶν () πλεονεξίαν () κακὴν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () αὐτοῦ () τοῦ () τάξαι () εἰς () ὕψος () νοσσιὰν () αὐτοῦ () τοῦ () ἐκσπασθῆναι ἐκ () χειρὸς () κακῶν. ()
[10] Ἐβουλεύσω () αἰσχύνην () τῷ () οἴκῳ () σου, () συνεπέρανας λαοὺς () πολλούς, () καὶ () ἐξήμαρτεν ἡ () ψυχή () σου· ()
[11] διότι () λίθος () ἐκ () τοίχου () βοήσεται, () καὶ () κάνθαρος ἐκ () ξύλου () φθέγξεται () αὐτά. ()—
[12] οὐαὶ () ὁ () οἰκοδομῶν () πόλιν () ἐν () αἵμασιν () καὶ () ἑτοιμάζων () πόλιν () ἐν () ἀδικίαις. ()
[13] Οὐ () ταῦτά () ἐστιν () παρὰ () κυρίου () παντοκράτορος; () Καὶ () ἐξέλιπον () λαοὶ () ἱκανοὶ () ἐν () πυρί, () καὶ () ἔθνη () πολλὰ () ὠλιγοψύχησαν.
[14] Ὅτι () πλησθήσεται () ἡ () γῆ () τοῦ () γνῶναι () τὴν () δόξαν () κυρίου, () ὡς () ὕδωρ () κατακαλύψει () αὐτούς. ()—
[15] ὦ () ὁ () ποτίζων () τὸν () πλησίον () αὐτοῦ () ἀνατροπῇ θολερᾷ καὶ () μεθύσκων, () ὅπως () ἐπιβλέπῃ () ἐπὶ () τὰ () σπήλαια () αὐτῶν. ()
[16] Πλησμονὴν () ἀτιμίας () ἐκ () δόξης () πίε () καὶ () σὺ () καὶ () διασαλεύθητι καὶ () σείσθητι· () ἐκύκλωσεν () ἐπὶ () σὲ () ποτήριον () δεξιᾶς () κυρίου, () καὶ () συνήχθη () ἀτιμία () ἐπὶ () τὴν () δόξαν () σου. ()
[17] Διότι () ἀσέβεια () τοῦ () Λιβάνου καλύψει () σε, () καὶ () ταλαιπωρία () θηρίων () πτοήσει () σε () διὰ () αἵματα () ἀνθρώπων () καὶ () ἀσεβείας () γῆς () καὶ () πόλεως () καὶ () πάντων () τῶν () κατοικούντων () αὐτήν. ()—
[18] Τί () ὠφελεῖ () γλυπτόν, ὅτι () ἔγλυψαν αὐτό; () Ἔπλασαν () αὐτὸ () χώνευμα, φαντασίαν () ψευδῆ, () ὅτι () πέποιθεν () ὁ () πλάσας () ἐπὶ () τὸ () πλάσμα () αὐτοῦ () τοῦ () ποιῆσαι () εἴδωλα () κωφά. ()
[19] Οὐαὶ () ὁ () λέγων () τῷ () ξύλῳ () Ἔκνηψον () ἐξεγέρθητι, () καὶ () τῷ () λίθῳ () Ὑψώθητι· () καὶ () αὐτό () ἐστιν () φαντασία, () τοῦτο () δέ () ἐστιν () ἔλασμα χρυσίου () καὶ () ἀργυρίου, () καὶ () πᾶν () πνεῦμα () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἐν () αὐτῷ. ()
[20] Ὁ () δὲ () κύριος () ἐν () ναῷ () ἁγίῳ () αὐτοῦ· () εὐλαβείσθω () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () αὐτοῦ () πᾶσα () ἡ () γῆ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.