Habakkuk 2:15 — compare English translations
Compare translationsHabakkuk 2:15 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ה֚וֹי
hôwy
H1945
alas
מַשְׁקֵ֣ה
shâqâh
H8248
to water
רֵעֵ֔הוּ
rêaʻ
H7453
friend
מְסַפֵּ֥חַ
çâphach
H5596
to join
חֲמָתְךָ֖
chêmeth
H2573
waterskin
וְאַ֣ף
ʼaph
H637
also
שַׁכֵּ֑ר
shâkar
H7937
to be drunk
לְמַ֥עַן
maʻan
H4616
for the sake of
הַבִּ֖יט
nâbaṭ
H5027
to look
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
מְעוֹרֵיהֶֽם
mâʻôwr
H4589
nakedness
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
"Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!
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King James Version Public Domain
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
‘Woe to the one causing his neighbor to drink, pouring out your wineskin, and even making drunk, in order to look upon their nakedness.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).