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Habakkuk 2:9

NETBible	The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead.¹ He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.²
NIV © biblegateway Hab 2:9	"Woe to him who builds his realm by unjust gain to set his nest on high, to escape the clutches of ruin!
NASB © biblegateway Hab 2:9	"Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house To put his nest on high, To be delivered from the hand of calamity!
NLT © biblegateway Hab 2:9	"How terrible it will be for you who get rich by unjust means! You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your families beyond the reach of danger.
MSG © biblegateway Hab 2:9	"Who do you think you are--recklessly grabbing and looting, Living it up, acting like king of the mountain, acting above it all, above trials and troubles?
BBE © SABDAweb Hab 2:9	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!
NRSV © bibleoremus Hab 2:9	"Alas for you who get evil gain for your houses, setting your nest on high to be safe from the reach of harm!"
NKJV © biblegateway Hab 2:9	"Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house, That he may set his nest on high, That he may be delivered from the power of disaster!
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KJV	Woe <01945> to him that coveteth <01214> (8802) an evil <07451> covetousness <01215> to his house <01004>_, that he may set <07760> (8800) his nest <07064> on high <04791>_, that he may be delivered <05337> (8736) from the power <03709> of evil <07451>_! {coveteth...: or, gaineth and evil gain} {power...: Heb. palm of the hand}
NASB © biblegateway Hab 2:9	"Woe <01945> to him who gets <01214> evil <07451> gain <01215> for his house <01004> To put <07760> his nest <07064> on high <04791> , To be delivered <05337> from the hand <03709> of calamity <07451> !
LXXM	w <3588> INJ o <3588> T-NSM pleonektwn <4122> V-PAPNS pleonexian <4124> N-ASF kakhn <2556> A-ASF tw <3588> T-DSM oikw <3624> N-DSM autou <846> D-GSM tou <3588> T-GSN taxai <5021> V-AAN eiv <1519> PREP uqov <5311> N-ASN nossian <3555> N-ASF autou <846> D-GSM tou <3588> T-GSN ekspasyhnai {V-APN} ek <1537> PREP ceirov <5495> N-GSF kakwn <2556> A-GPN
NET [draft] ITL	The one who builds <01214> his house <01004> by unjust <07451> gain <01215> is as good as dead. He does this so he can build <07760> his nest <07064> way up high <04791> and escape <05337> the clutches <03709> of disaster <07451> .
HEBREW	er <07451> Pkm <03709> lunhl <05337> wnq <07064> Mwrmb <04791> Mwvl <07760> wtybl <01004> er <07451> eub <01215> eub <01214> ywh (2:9) <01945>

NETBible

The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead.¹ He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.²

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “Woe [to] the one who profits unjustly by evil unjust gain for his house.” On the term הוֹי (hoy) see the note on the word “dead” in v. 6.

²tn Heb “to place his nest in the heights in order to escape from the hand of disaster.”

²sn Here the Babylonians are compared to a bird, perhaps an eagle, that builds its nest in an inaccessible high place where predators cannot reach it.