Habakkuk 2:7
“Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Habakkuk 2:7 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und werden nicht plötzlich aufstehen, die dich beißen, und aufwachen, die dich fortscheuchen werden? Und du wirst ihnen zur Beute werden.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
¿No se levantarán de repente los que te han de morder, y se despertarán los que te han de quitar de tu lugar, y serás á ellos por rapiña?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Por acaso não se levantarão de repente seus credores, e se despertarão os que te fazem tremer? Tu serás despojado por eles.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Por acaso não se levantarão de repente os que te mordem, e se despertarão os que te aterrorizam? Tu te tornarás uma vítima para eles!
📖 Habakkuk 2:7 in Context
5Yea 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:
6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
8Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
9Woe 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!
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