Habakkuk 2:12

In 11 translations

BSB

Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!

KJV

¶ Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!blood: Heb. bloods

WEB

Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!

ASV

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!

LSV

Woe [to] him who is building a city by blood, || And establishing a city by iniquity.

YLT

Woe [to] him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity.

DBY

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by unrighteousness!

DRC

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and prepareth a city by iniquity.

GNV

Wo vnto him that buildeth a towne with blood, and erecteth a citie by iniquitie.

JPS

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!

LXXE

Woe to him that builds a city with blood, and establishes a city by unrighteousness.

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WLC

ה֛וֹי בֹּנֶ֥ה עִ֖יר בְּדָמִ֑ים וְכוֹנֵ֥ן קִרְיָ֖ה בְּעַוְלָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Οὐαὶ ὁ οἰκοδομῶν πόλιν ἐν αἵμασι, καὶ ἑτοιμάζων πόλιν ἐν ἀδικίαις.

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• Micah 3:10who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
• Nahum 3:1Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.
• Daniel 4:27–31Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”…
• Jeremiah 22:13–17“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages, who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with…
• Revelation 17:6I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.
• Joshua 6:26At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he…
• Genesis 4:11–17Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive…
• John 11:47–50Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs. If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come…
• 1 Kings 16:34In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken…
• Ezekiel 24:9Yes, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the kindling high.

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