Habakkuk 2:12
ContextNET © | The one who builds a city by bloodshed is as good as dead 1 – he who starts 2 a town by unjust deeds. |
NIV © | "Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by crime! |
NASB © | "Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed And founds a town with violence! |
NLT © | "How terrible it will be for you who build cities with money gained by murder and corruption! |
MSG © | "Who do you think you are--building a town by murder, a city with crime? |
BBE © | A curse on him who is building a place with blood, and basing a town on evil-doing! |
NRSV © | "Alas for you who build a town by bloodshed, and found a city on iniquity!" |
NKJV © | "Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed, Who establishes a city by iniquity! |
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NET © | The one who builds a city by bloodshed is as good as dead 1 – he who starts 2 a town by unjust deeds. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn On the term הוֹי (hoy) see the note on the word “dead” in v. 6. 2 tn Or “establishes”; or “founds.” |