Habakkuk 2:9 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

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!

ASV Byzantine Text

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!

Asang Khongca Bible

Karai hmuen tonghaih hoiah loih thai hanah, amsoem ai loklam hoi hnuk ih hmuen hoiah hmuensang ah angmah ih im sah kami loe khosak bing!

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Anunae a im hamla aka thae mueluemnah neh aka mueluem tih yoethae kut lamloh huul uh hamla hmuensang ah a bu aka khueh aih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Anunae a im hamla aka thae mueluemnah neh aka mueluem tih yoethae kut lamloh huul uh hamla hmuensang ah a bu aka khueh aih.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Auwe ka mea kuko i ka waiwai pono ole no kona hale, I hookiekie ai oia i kona punana iluna, I hoopakele ai ia ia iho mai ka mana o ka hewa mai!

English Berean Standard Bible

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

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Madichon pou moun k'ap vòlò pou fè fanmi yo rich, k'ap bati kay sou mòn pou malè pa rive yo!

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Væ qui congregat avaritiam malam domui suæ, ut sit in excelso nidus ejus, et liberari se putat de manu mali !

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!

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Malheur à qui fait un gain inique pour sa maison, afin de placer haut son nid, pour échapper à la main du malheur.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Běda tomu, kdož lakomě hledá mrzkého zisku domu svému, aby postavil na místě vysokém hnízdo své, a tak znikl nebezpečenství.

Kosraean Bible

We nu suwos! Kowos akkasrupye sou lowos sifacna ke ma kowos eisla ke funmwet, ac srike in oakiya lohm suwos yen wangin mwe lokoalok fah sun!

World Portuguese Bible

Ai daquele que obtém lucro perverso para a sua casa, para colocar o seu ninho no alto, a fim de ser livrado da mão do mal!

Romanian BTF Bible

Vai celui ce poftește o poftă rea pentru casa lui, ca el să își așeze casa pe înălțime, ca să fie scăpat de puterea răului!

Brenton English Septuagint

Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evils.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သင်တို့သည်အမင်္ဂလာရှိကြ၏။ အကြမ်း% ဖက်၍ရရှိသည့်ပစ္စည်းဥစ္စာဖြင့် သင်တို့သည်% မိမိတို့မိသားစုကိုကြွယ်ဝချမ်းသာစေ% ခဲ့ကြ၏။ ကြိုးစား၍မိမိတို့အသိုက်ကို% အမြင့်တွင်ဆောက်သောငှက်ကဲ့သို့ မိမိတို့% အိမ်ကိုဘေးအန္တရာယ်ကင်းဝေးလုံခြုံအောင်% ပြုခဲ့ကြပြီ။-%

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!

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Wehe dem, der bösen Gewinn macht für sein Haus, um sein Nest hoch zu setzen, um sich zu retten aus der Hand des Unglücks!

Dutch Bible 1917

Wee dien, die met kwade gierigheid giert voor zijn huis, opdat hij in de hoogte zijn nest stelle, om bevrijd te zijn uit de hand des kwaads.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Wee hem, die vuil gewin behaalt voor zijn huis, Om zijn nest in de hoogte te bouwen, En de greep van de ramp te ontsnappen:

Italian Diodati Bible

Guai a colui che è acceso di malvagia cupidigia per la sua casa , per mettere il suo nido in luogo alto, per iscampar dal male!

Douay-Rheims 1899

Woe to him that gathereth together an evil covetousness to his house, that his nest may be on high, and thinketh he may be delivered out of 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.

Noyes Bible

Woe to him that procureth unjust gain for his house, That he may set his nest on high, That he may be delivered from the evil hand!

Danish Bible 1931

Ve ham, som søger ublu Vinding til sit Hus for at bygge sin Rede højt og redde sig fra Ulykkens Hånd.

Leeser Tanakh

Woe to him that obtaineth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of the wicked!

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Woe to him that gaineth evil gains for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

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!

King James Version + Apocrypha

¶ 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!

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Khốn thay cho kẻ tìm lợi bất nghĩa cho nhà mình, để lót ổ mình trong nơi cao, để được cứu khỏi tay hung ác.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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!

Revised West Version

Ke malaʻia kiate ia ʻoku manumanu ki he koloa kovi ki hono fale, koeʻuhi ke ne ngaohi hono pununga ʻi he māʻolunga, koeʻuhi ke fakahaofi ia mei he mālohi ʻoe kovi!

French Ostervald Bible

Malheur à celui qui amasse pour sa maison des gains injustes, afin de placer son nid dans un lieu élevé, pour échapper à l'atteinte de la calamité!

Esperanto Bible

Ve al tiu, kiu kolektas por sia domo maljustan akiraĵon, por aranĝi alte sian neston, por defendi sin kontraŭ mano de malbonulo!

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Malheur à celui qui amasse pour sa maison des gains iniques, Afin de placer son nid dans un lieu élevé, Pour se garantir de la main du malheur!

German Luther Bible 1912

Weh dem, der da geizt zum Unglück seines Hauses, auf daß er sein Nest in die Höhe lege, daß er dem Unfall entrinne!

LXX2012 U. S. English

Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evils.

British English Septuagint 2012

Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evils.

Majority Standard BIble

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

Webster Bible

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!

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

Woe to you who seeks unjust gain for your dynasty, who sets your nest on high to be safe from the reach of misfortune!

Open English Bible (US)

Woe to you who seeks unjust gain for your dynasty, who sets your nest on high to be safe from the reach of misfortune!

Revised 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!

Italian Riveduta Bible

Guai a colui ch’è avido d’illecito guadagno per la sua casa, per porre il suo nido in alto e mettersi al sicuro dalla mano della sventura!

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Malheur à celui qui procure à sa maison un profit mal acquis, afin de placer son nid bien haut et de se mettre hors d'atteinte du malheur !

Reina Valera 1909

¡Ay del que codicia maligna codicia para su casa, por poner en alto su nido, por escaparse del poder del mal!

Spanish BLL

¡Ay del que consigue ganancias mal habidas para su casa, queriendo poner su nido en las alturas para escapar de las garras del mal!

Spanish Free Bible for the World

¡Ay del que obtiene ganancias injustas para su casa, poniendo su nido en alto para librarse del poder del mal!

Croatian Bible

Jao onom tko otimačinu zgrće nepravednu kući svojoj, da visoko svije gnijezdo svoje i otkloni ruku zla!

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Teško onome koji se lakomi na gadan dobitak kući svojoj, da postavi gnezdo svoje na visokom mestu i sačuva se oda zla.

German Textbibel

Wehe über den, der nach bösem Gewinne für sein Haus trachtet, um sein Nest in der Höhe anzulegen, um sich aus der Gewalt des Unglücks zu erretten!

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evils.