Habakkuk 2:6 - Revised Standard Version

⁶ Shall not all these take up their taunt against him, in scoffing derision of him, and say, “Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own— for how long?— and loads himself with pledges!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ 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!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Shall not all these [victims of his greed] take up a taunt against him and in scoffing derision of him say, Woe to him who piles up that which is not his! [How long will he possess it?] And [woe to him] who loads himself with promissory notes for usury!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ 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 that ladeth himself with pledges!

Common English Bible

⁶ Won’t everyone tell parables about him or mocking poems concerning him? They will say: Doom to the one who multiplies what doesn’t belong to him and who increases his own burden. How long?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and an enigmatic utterance about him? And it will be said, "Woe to him who increases what is not his own." How long, then, will he lay down dense clay against himself?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a dark speech concerning him: and it shall be said: Woe to him that heapeth together that which is not his own? how long also doth he load himself with thick clay?

Habakkuk 2:6 Cross References

Psalm 94:3

O Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?

Proverbs 22:16

He who oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to want.

Isaiah 10:13

For he says: “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; I have removed the boundaries of peoples, and have plundered their treasures; like a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to those who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no more room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in fatness.

Jeremiah 17:11

Like the partridge that gathers a brood which she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by right; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.

Jeremiah 29:22

Because of them this curse shall be used by all the exiles from Judah in Babylon: “The Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,”

Jeremiah 50:13

Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited, but shall be an utter desolation; every one who passes by Babylon shall be appalled, and hiss because of all her wounds.

Ezekiel 32:21

The mighty chiefs shall speak of them, with their helpers, out of the midst of Sheol: ‘They have come down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.’

Micah 2:4

In that day they shall take up a taunt song against you, and wail with bitter lamentation, and say, “We are utterly ruined; he changes the portion of my people; how he removes it from me! Among our captors he divides our fields.”

Habakkuk 1:15

He brings all of them up with a hook, he drags them out with his net, he gathers them in his seine; so he rejoices and exults.

Habakkuk 2:12

Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and founds a city on iniquity!

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts that peoples labor only for fire, and nations weary themselves for naught?

Numbers 23:18

And Balaam took up his discourse, and said, “Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, O son of Zippor:

Numbers 23:7

And Balaam took up his discourse, and said, “From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: ‘Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel!’

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’

1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is at hand; therefore keep sane and sober for your prayers.