Habakkuk 2:12

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Habakkuk 2:12

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Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Habakkuk 2

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

¹¹ For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.

¹² Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!

¹³ Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?

¹⁴ For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.

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