Habakkuk 2:12

Habakkuk chapter 2 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!

Context

v.11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

v.12This passage

v.13Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • John 11:47

    The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many signs.

  • Daniel 4:27

    Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

  • Nahum 3:1

    Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.

  • 1 Kings 16:34

    In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof with the loss of Abiram his first-born, and set up the gates thereof with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

  • Jeremiah 22:13

    Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor’s service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;

  • Genesis 4:11

    And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;