Habakkuk 2:9 - Amplified Bible - Classic EditionWoe 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! See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769Woe 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! See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)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! See the chapterCommon English BibleDoom 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. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain VersionWoe 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. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionWoe to him that gathereth together an evil covetousness to his house, that his nest may be on high, and thinketh he may be delivered out of the hand of evil. See the chapter |