Devine Scripture

Habakkuk 2:8

Habakkuk chapter 2 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

Context

v.7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them?

v.8This passage

v.9Woe 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!

Cross references

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

  • Jeremiah 27:7

    And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondman.

  • Zechariah 1:15

    And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

  • Habakkuk 2:10

    Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.

  • Zechariah 14:12

    And this shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

  • Zechariah 12:2

    Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling unto all the peoples round about, and upon Judah also shall it be in the siege against Jerusalem.

  • Micah 4:11

    And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see our desire upon Zion.