7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and they awake up that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?


In Context

4 Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright within him: but the just shall live by his faith.

5 And moreover, the wine is treacherous: he is a proud man, and keepeth not at rest, he enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is like death and cannot be satisfied; and he assembleth unto him all nations, and gathereth unto him all peoples.

6 Shall not all these take up a proverb about him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that loadeth himself with pledges!

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

8 Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the rest of the peoples shall plunder thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city, and all that dwell therein.

9 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!

Habakkuk 2:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Will not your debtors suddenly arise? Will they not wake up and make you tremble? Then you will become their victim.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee: and they be stirred up that shall tear thee, and thou shalt be a spoil to them?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7Shall they not rise suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall disturb thee, and thou shalt be for booties to them?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7Won't your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up, And thou hast been for a spoil to them?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite you, and awake that shall vex you, and you shall be for booties to them?