Habakkuk 2:5 “and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He…”

Habakkuk 2:5

and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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:

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.

Geneva Bible 1599

Yea, in deede the proude man is as hee that transgresseth by wine: therefore shall he not endure, because he hath enlarged his desire as the hell, and is as death, and can not be satisfied, but gathereth vnto him all nations, and heapeth vnto him all people.

Darby Translation

And moreover, the wine is treacherous: he is a proud man, and keepeth not at rest, he enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is like death and cannot be satisfied; and he assembleth unto him all nations, and gathereth unto him all peoples.

Young's Literal Translation

And also, because the wine [is] treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples,

Bible in Basic English

A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself.

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Cross references

“he transgresseth”

Proverbs 20:1 Proverbs 23:29–33 Isaiah 21:5 Daniel 5:1–4 Jeremiah 51:39 Proverbs 31:4

Proverbs 20:1 · BSB

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

Proverbs 23:29–33 · BSB

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?

Isaiah 21:5 · BSB

They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!

Daniel 5:1–4 · BSB

Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.

Jeremiah 51:39 · BSB

While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.

Proverbs 31:4 · BSB

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

“a proud man”

Psalm 138:6 Isaiah 2:17 Isaiah 16:6 Habakkuk 2:4 Jeremiah 50:29 Daniel 5:20–23

Psalm 138:6 · BSB

Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

Isaiah 2:17 · BSB

So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,

Isaiah 16:6 · BSB

We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.

Habakkuk 2:4 · BSB

Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright — but the righteous will live by faith —

Jeremiah 50:29 · BSB

Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Daniel 5:20–23 · BSB

But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.

“keepeth”

2 Kings 14:10 1 Thessalonians 4:11

2 Kings 14:10 · BSB

You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”

1 Thessalonians 4:11 · BSB

and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.

“who”

Isaiah 5:8 Isaiah 10:7–13

Isaiah 5:8 · BSB

Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.

Isaiah 10:7–13 · BSB

But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.

“as hell”

Proverbs 27:20 Ecclesiastes 5:10 Proverbs 30:15 Proverbs 30:16

Proverbs 27:20 · BSB

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 5:10 · BSB

He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

Proverbs 30:15 · BSB

The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:

Proverbs 30:16 · BSB

Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’

“gathereth”

Habakkuk 2:8–10 Jeremiah 25:9 Jeremiah 25:17–29 Isaiah 14:16 Isaiah 14:17

Habakkuk 2:8–10 · BSB

Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you— because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.

Jeremiah 25:9 · BSB

behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surro…

Jeremiah 25:17–29 · BSB

So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,

Isaiah 14:16 · BSB

Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble,

Isaiah 14:17 · BSB

who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright — but the righteous will live by faith —

6Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’

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