Habakkuk 2:7

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Habakkuk 2:7

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.

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KJV

King James Version

Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

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WEB

World English Bible

Won’t your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?

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ASV

American Standard Version

Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them?

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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.

⁶ Will 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?’

⁷ Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.

⁸ 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.

⁹ Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

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