Habakkuk 2:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ 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!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Woe to him who obtains wicked gain for his house, [who thinks by so doing] to set his nest on high that he may be preserved from calamity and delivered from the power of evil!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

Common English Bible

⁹ Doom to the one making evil gain for his own house, for putting his own nest up high, for delivering himself from the grasp of calamity.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Woe to him who gathers together an evil greed for his house, so that his nest may be exalted, and thinking that he might free himself from the hand of evil.

Habakkuk 2:9 Križne Reference

Psalm 49:11

Their graves are their homes for ever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they named lands their own.

Psalm 52:7

“See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and sought refuge in his wealth!”

Isaiah 28:15

Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement; when the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;

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.

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 22:23

O inhabitant of Lebanon, nested among the cedars, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain as of a woman in travail!”

Jeremiah 49:16

The horror you inspire has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:13

O you who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, the thread of your life is cut.

Jeremiah 51:53

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify her strong height, yet destroyers would come from me upon her, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.

Obadiah 1:4

Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error, and perish in Korah's rebellion.