Habakkuk 2:10
What does Habakkuk 2:10 mean?
A plain-English look at Habakkuk 2:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You have been a cause of shame to your house by cutting off a number of peoples, and sinning against your soul.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house, To cut off many peoples, and sinful <FI>is<Fi> thy soul.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou hast devised confusion to thy house, thou hast cut off many people, and thy soul hath sinned.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thine own soul.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 1:18
And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
- 2 Kings 10:7
And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew them, even seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them unto him to Jezreel.
- 2 Kings 9:26
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith Jehovah; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith Jehovah. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of Jehovah.
- Jeremiah 26:19
Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? did he not fear Jehovah, and entreat the favor of Jehovah, and Jehovah repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus should we commit great evil against our own souls.
- Proverbs 8:36
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.
- Numbers 16:38
even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Jehovah; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
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