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Habakkuk 2

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Verse KJV King James Version YLT Young's Literal Translation
I will stand upon my watch , and set me upon the tower , and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved .
On my charge I stand, and I station myself on a bulwark , and I watch to see what He doth speak against me, and what I do reply to my reproof .
And the LORD answered me , and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
And Jehovah answereth me and saith: ` Write a vision, and explain on the tables, That he may run who is reading it.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time , but at the end it shall speak , and not lie : though it tarry, wait for it ; because it will surely come , it will not tarry .
For yet the vision ` is ' for a season , And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie , If it tarry, wait for it , For surely it cometh , it is not late .
Behold , his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him : but the just shall live by his faith .
Lo , a presumptuous one! Not upright is his soul within him , And the righteous by his stedfastness liveth .
Yea 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:
And also, because the wine ` is ' treacherous, A man is haughty , and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul , And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples,
Shall 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!
Do not these -- all of them -- against him a simile taken up , And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Wo ` to ' him who is multiplying `what is' not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?
Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee , and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up , And thou hast been for a spoil to them?
Because 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 .
Because thou hast spoiled many nations, Spoil thee do all the remnant of the peoples, Because of man's blood, and of violence `to' the land, `To' the city, and `to' all dwelling in it .
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 !
Wo ` to ' him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest , To be delivered from the hand of evil ,
Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people , and hast sinned against thy soul.
Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house , To cut off many peoples , and sinful `is' thy soul.
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
For a stone from the wall doth cry out , And a holdfast from the wood answereth it.
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity !
Wo ` to ' him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity .
Behold , is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
Lo , is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary ?
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD , as the waters cover the sea.
For full is the earth of the knowledge of the honour of Jehovah , As waters cover ` the bottom of' a sea.
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink , that puttest thy bottle to him , and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness !
Wo `to' him who is giving drink to his neighbour, Pouring out thy bottle, and also making drunk , In order to look on their nakedness .
Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto thee , and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory .
Thou hast been filled -- shame without honour, Drink thou also, and be uncircumcised, Turn round unto thee doth the cup of the right hand of Jehovah , And shameful spewing `is' on thine honour .
For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts , which made them afraid , because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein .
For violence `to' Lebanon doth cover thee, And spoil of beasts doth affright them, Because of man's blood, and of violence `to' the land, `To' the city, and `to' all dwelling in it .
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it ; the molten image , and a teacher of lies , that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it ? A molten image and teacher of falsehood , That trusted hath the former on his own formation -- to make dumb idols?
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake ; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach ! Behold , it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it .
Wo `to' him who is saying to wood, ` Awake ,' `Stir up,' to a dumb stone, It a teacher ! lo , it is overlaid -- gold and silver, And there is no spirit in its midst.
But the LORD is in his holy temple : let all the earth keep silence before him.
And Jehovah ` is ' in His holy temple , Be silent before Him, all the earth !

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