Habakkuk 2:6 — compare English translations
Compare translationsHabakkuk 2:6 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 →
הֲלוֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
אֵ֣לֶּה
ʼêl-leh
H428
these
כֻלָּ֗ם
kôl
H3605
all
עָלָיו֙
ʻal
H5921
upon
מָשָׁ֣ל
mâshâl
H4912
proverb
יִשָּׂ֔אוּ
nâsâʼ
H5375
to lift
וּמְלִיצָ֖ה
mᵉlîytsâh
H4426
taunt
חִיד֣וֹת
chîydâh
H2420
riddle
ל֑וֹ
וְיֹאמַ֗ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
ה֚וֹי
hôwy
H1945
alas
הַמַּרְבֶּ֣ה
râbâh
H7235
to multiply
לֹּא
lôʼ
H3808
not
ל֔וֹ
עַד
ʻad
H5704
until
מָתַ֕י
mâthay
H4970
how long
וּמַכְבִּ֥יד
kâbad
H3513
to be heavy
עָלָ֖יו
ʻal
H5921
upon
עַבְטִֽיט
ʻabṭîyṭ
H5671
debts
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World English Bible Public Domain
Won't all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, 'Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?'
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King James Version Public Domain
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!
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Will not these, all of them, take up a proverb against him, and ridicule, a riddle about him, so that it says, ‘Woe to the one increasing not his’—until when? ‘and loading onto himself pledges’!
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).