Habakkuk 2:9 “Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on h…”

Habakkuk 2:9

Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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!

World English Bible

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!

American Standard Version

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!

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil!

Young's Literal Translation

Woe [to] him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,

Bible in Basic English

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!

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Cross references

“that coveteth an evil covetousness”

Jeremiah 22:13–19 Genesis 13:10–13 Genesis 19:26–38 Joshua 7:21–26 1 Kings 21:2–4 1 Kings 21:19–24

Jeremiah 22:13–19 · BSB

“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,

Genesis 13:10–13 · BSB

And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Genesis 19:26–38 · BSB

But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

Joshua 7:21–26 · BSB

When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the sil…

1 Kings 21:2–4 · BSB

So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”

1 Kings 21:19–24 · BSB

Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the…

“set”

Jeremiah 49:16 Psalm 10:3–6 Psalm 49:11 Psalm 52:7 Isaiah 28:15 Isaiah 47:7–9

Jeremiah 49:16 · BSB

The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you…

Psalm 10:3–6 · BSB

For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

Psalm 49:11 · BSB

Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.

Psalm 52:7 · BSB

“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

Isaiah 28:15 · BSB

For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hidi…

Isaiah 47:7–9 · BSB

You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.

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

In context

8Because 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.

10You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.

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