Habakkuk 2:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Woe to him who builds a town with blood and establishes a city by iniquity! American Standard Version (1901) Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! Common English Bible Pity the one building a city with bloodshed and founding a village with injustice. Catholic Public Domain Version Woe to him who builds a town with blood and prepares a city by iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and prepareth a city by iniquity. |
In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof with the loss of his youngest son Segub; according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of Joshua the son of Nun.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.
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!
And Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: with the loss of his firstborn shall he lay the foundation thereof, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with a great wonder.