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


In Context

4 "See, he is puffed up; his desires are not upright- but the righteous will live by his faith -

5 indeed, wine betrays him; he is arrogant and never at rest. Because he is as greedy as the grave and like death is never satisfied, he gathers to himself all the nations and takes captive all the peoples.

6 "Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying, " 'Woe to him who piles up stolen goods and makes himself wealthy by extortion! How long must this go on?'

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

8 Because you have plundered many nations, the peoples who are left will plunder you. For you have shed man's blood; you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

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

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7Shall 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?

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?