Habakkuk 2:12
Strong's Lexicon
Woe
ה֛וֹי (hō·w)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 1945: 1) ah!, alas!, ha!, ho!, O!, woe!

to him who builds
בֹּנֶ֥ה (bō·neh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1129: 1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to build, rebuild 1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be built 1b2) to be rebuilt 1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.) 1b4) established (made permanent) 1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)

a city
עִ֖יר (‘îr)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: 1) excitement, anguish 1a) of terror 2) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 2a) city, town

with bloodshed
בְּדָמִ֑ים (bə·ḏā·mîm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1818: 1) blood 1a) of wine (fig.)

and establishes
וְכוֹנֵ֥ן (wə·ḵō·w·nên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3559: 1) to be firm, be stable, be established 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be set up, be established, be fixed 1a1a) to be firmly established 1a1b) to be established, be stable, be secure, be enduring 1a1c) to be fixed, be securely determined 1a2) to be directed aright, be fixed aright, be steadfast (moral sense) 1a3) to prepare, be ready 1a4) to be prepared, be arranged, be settled 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to establish, set up, accomplish, do, make firm 1b2) to fix, make ready, prepare, provide, provide for, furnish 1b3) to direct toward (moral sense) 1b4) to arrange, order 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be established, be fastened 1c2) to be prepared, be ready 1d) (Polel) 1d1) to set up, establish 1d2) to constitute, make 1d3) to fix 1d4) to direct 1e) (Pulal) to be established, be prepared 1f) (Hithpolel) to be established, be restored

a town
קִרְיָ֖ה (qir·yāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7151: 1) city, town 1a) in general 1b) in specific 1c) collective 1d) indefinite

by iniquity !
בְּעַוְלָֽה׃ (bə·‘aw·lāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5766: 1) injustice, unrighteousness, wrong 1a) violent deeds of injustice 1b) injustice (of speech) 1c) injustice (generally)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!

Young's Literal Translation
Wo [to] him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and founds a town with injustice!

New American Standard Bible
"Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed And founds a town with violence!

King James Bible
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by injustice!

New Living Translation
"What sorrow awaits you who build cities with money gained through murder and corruption!

English Standard Version
“Woe to him who builds a town with blood and founds a city on iniquity!

New American Standard Bible
"Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed And founds a town with violence!

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and founds a town with injustice!

International Standard Version
"Woe to the one who founds a city upon bloodshed, and constructs a city by lawlessness.

NET Bible
The one who builds a city by bloodshed is as good as dead--he who starts a town by unjust deeds.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
Woe to him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity.
















Cross References
2 Corinthians 1:21
Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;

Ezekiel 24:9
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.

Micah 3:10
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

Nahum 3:1
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

Habakkuk 2:6
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!

Habakkuk 1:1
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

Habakkuk 2:11
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

Habakkuk 2:10
Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.

Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

Habakkuk 2:13
Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

Habakkuk 2:14
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
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