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Habakkuk 2:9
| ← Habakkuk 2:8 | Habakkuk 2:9 (KJV) | Habakkuk 2:10 → |
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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.
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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!
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Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned [against] thy soul.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
WoeH1945 to him that covetethH1214 an evilH7451 covetousnessH1215 to his houseH1004, that he may setH7760 his nestH7064 on highH4791, that he may be deliveredH5337 from the powerH3709 of evilH7451!
Original Hebrew
הֹוי בֹּצֵעַ בֶּצַע רָע לְבֵיתֹו לָשׂוּם בַּמָּרֹום קִנֹּו לְהִנָּצֵל מִכַּף־רָע׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
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ה֗וֹי |
Ho | H1945 | HTj | woe to! |
בֹּצֵ֛עַ |
bo.Tze.a' | H1214 | HVqrmsa | (one who) gains |
בֶּ֥צַע |
Be.tza' | H1215 | HNcmsa | unjust gain |
רָ֖ע |
ra' | H7451 | HAamsa | evil |
לְ/בֵית֑/וֹ |
le./vei.T/o | H1004 | HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms | for/ house/ his |
לָ/שׂ֤וּם |
la./Sum | H7760 | HR/Vqc | to/ set |
בַּ/מָּרוֹם֙ |
ba./ma.rOm | H4791 | HRd/Ncmsa | on the/ high places |
קִנּ֔/וֹ |
ki.N/o | H7064 | HNcmsc/Sp3ms | nest/ his |
לְ/הִנָּצֵ֖ל |
le./hi.na.Tzel | H5337 | HR/VNc | to/ deliver himself |
מִ/כַּף |
mi./kaf- | H3709 | HR/Ncfsc | from/ (the) hand of |
רָֽע |
Ra' | H7451 | HAamsa | harm |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
- H1214 — בָּצַע (bâtsaʻ, baw-tsah'): a primitive root to break off, i.e. (usually) plunder; figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop; (be) covet(-ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded.
- H1215 — בֶּצַע (betsaʻ, beh'-tsah): from בָּצַע; plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust); covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.
- H1945 — הוֹי (hôwy, hoh'ee): a prolonged form of הוֹ (akin to אוֹי); oh!; ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
- H3709 — כַּף (kaph, kaf): from כָּפַף; the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power; branch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
- H4791 — מָרוֹם (mârôwm, maw-rome'): from רוּם; altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft); (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.
- H5337 — נָצַל (nâtsal, naw-tsal'): a primitive root; to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense; [idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).
- H7064 — קֵן (qên, kane): contracted from קָנַן; a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwelling; nest, room.
- H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
- H7760 — שׂוּם (sûwm, soom): or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- set — Psalms 10:3-6, Psalms 49:11, Psalms 52:7, Proverbs 18:11-12, Isaiah 28:15, Isaiah 47:7-9, Jeremiah 49:16, Obadiah 1:4
- that coveteth an evil covetousness — Genesis 13:10-13, Genesis 19:26-38, Deuteronomy 7:25-26, Joshua 7:21-26, 1 Kings 21:2-4, 1 Kings 21:19-24, 2 Kings 5:20-27, Job 20:19-28, Jeremiah 22:13-19, Zechariah 5:1-4, Acts 1:17-25, Jude 1:11
Reciprocal references (22): Exodus 20:17, Deuteronomy 5:21, 1 Samuel 15:19, 1 Kings 21:4, Job 21:28, Job 29:18, Psalms 119:36, Proverbs 1:19, Proverbs 11:29, Proverbs 15:27, Proverbs 21:12, Isaiah 5:8, Isaiah 10:1, Jeremiah 5:27, Jeremiah 22:23, Jeremiah 51:13, Micah 3:10, Zechariah 5:4, Mark 10:24, Luke 12:15, Luke 12:21, Acts 8:20
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: LIBERALITY-PARSIMONY-COVETOUSNESS, MISERY OF GREED
- Torrey’s: COVETOUSNESS
- Nave’s: AMBITION, COVETOUSNESS, OPPRESSION, PRIDE, RULERS
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