12"Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by crime!


In Context

9 "Woe to him who builds his realm by unjust gain to set his nest on high, to escape the clutches of ruin!

10 You have plotted the ruin of many peoples, shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.

11 The stones of the wall will cry out, and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

12 "Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by crime!

13 Has not the Lord Almighty determined that the people's labor is only fuel for the fire, that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?

14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord , as the waters cover the sea.

Habakkuk 2:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and prepareth a city by iniquity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by unrighteousness!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12Woe to him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Woe to him that builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!