Habakkuk 2

¹ I will stand at my guard postAnd station myself on the tower;And I will keep watch to see what He will say to me,And what answer I will give [as His spokesman] when I am reproved.

¹ I will ^(A)stand on my guard postAnd station myself on the rampart;And I will ^(B)keep watch to see ^(C)what He will speak to me,And how I may reply ^(a)when I am reproved.

¹ I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

¹ I will stand at my guard postand station myself on the lookout tower.^(A)I will watch to see what He will say to me^(B)and what I should^(a) reply about my complaint.

¹ "I will stand at my guard post and station myself on a tower. I will wait and see what the LORD will say about me and what I will answer when he reprimands me."

³ “For the vision is yet for the appointed [future] timeIt hurries toward the goal [of fulfillment]; it will not fail.Even though it delays, wait [patiently] for it,Because it will certainly come; it will not delay.^(A)

³ “For the vision is yet for the ^(E)appointed time;It ^(d)hastens toward the goal and it will not ^(e)fail.Though it tarries, ^(F)wait for it;For it will certainly come, it ^(G)will not delay.

³ For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

³ For the vision is yet for the appointed time;it testifies about the end and will not lie.Though it delays, wait for it,since it will certainly come and not be late.^(D)

³ For the revelation pertains to an appointed time it speaks truthfully about the end. Though it delays, wait for it, because it will surely come about it will not be late!

⁵ “Moreover, wine is treacherous and betrays the arrogant man,So that he does not stay at home.His appetite is large like Sheol,And he is like death, never satisfied.He gathers to himself all nationsAnd collects to himself all peoples [as if he owned them].

⁵ “Furthermore, ^(J)wine betrays the ^(K)haughty man,So that he does not ^(L)stay at home.He ^(M)enlarges his appetite like Sheol,And he is like death, never satisfied.He also gathers to himself all nationsAnd collects to himself all peoples.

⁵ Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

⁵ Moreover, wine^(e) betrays;an arrogant man is never at rest.^(f)He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,and like Death he is never satisfied.^(F)He gathers all the nations to himself;he collects all the peoples for himself.

⁵ Moreover, just as wine leads astray the proud and powerful man, he remains restless; he has expanded his appetite like the afterlife or death itself, he is never satisfied. He gathers to himself all of the nations, taking captive all of the people for himself."

⁷ “Will your creditors not rise up suddenly,And those who collect from you awaken?Then you will become plunder for them.

⁷ “Will not ^(h)your creditors ^(P)rise up suddenly,And those who ⁽ⁱ⁾collect from you awaken?Indeed, you will become plunder for them.

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

⁷ Won’t your creditors suddenly arise,and those who disturb you wake up?Then you will become spoil for them.^(H)

⁷ Won't your creditors revolt unexpectedly? Won't those who make you tremble wake up? As a result, you'll become their prey!

⁹ “Woe (judgment is coming) to him who obtains wicked gain for his house [and thinks by so doing]To set his nest on high,That he may be rescued from the hand of evil.

⁹ “Woe to him who gets ^(R)evil gain for his houseTo ^(S)put his nest on high,To be delivered from the hand of calamity!

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!

⁹ Woe to him who dishonestly makeswealth for his house^(g)to place his nest on high,to escape from the reach of disaster!^(J)

⁹ "Woe to the one who amasses profit upon unjust profit in order to establish his household, so he can establish a secure place on the heights and escape from the power of evil.

¹¹ “For the stone will cry out from the wall [to accuse you—built in sin!]And the rafter will answer it out of the woodwork.

¹¹ “Surely the ^(V)stone will cry out from the wall,And the rafter will answer it from the ^(k)framework.

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

¹¹ For the stones will cry out^(K) from the wall,and the rafters will answer themfrom the woodwork.

¹¹ Indeed, the stone will cry out from the wall and the rafter will respond from the woodwork."

¹³ “Is it not indeed from the Lord of hostsThat peoples labor [only] for the fire [that will destroy their work],And nations grow weary for nothing [that is, things which have no lasting value]?

¹³ “Is it not indeed from the Lord of hostsThat peoples ^(X)toil for fire,And nations grow weary for nothing?

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?

¹³ Is it not from the Lord of Hoststhat the peoples labor only to fuel the fireand countries exhaust themselves for nothing?^(M)

¹³ Is it not because of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies that people grow tired putting out fires, and nations weary themselves over nothing?

¹⁵ “Woe (judgment is coming) to you who make your neighbors drink,Who mix in your venom to make them drunkSo that you may look at their nakedness!

¹⁵ “Woe to you who make ^(m)your neighbors drink,Who mix in your venom even to make them drunkSo as to look on their nakedness!

¹⁵ Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

¹⁵ Woe to him who gives his neighbors drink,pouring out your wrath^(h)and even making them drunk,in order to look at their nakedness!

¹⁵ "Woe to the one who supplies his neighbor with a drink! You are forcing your bottle on him, making him drunk so you can see them naked.

¹⁷ “For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you;The destruction of the animals will terrify youOn account of human bloodshed and the violence done to the land,To the city and all its inhabitants.

¹⁷ “For the ^(AC)violence ^(o)done to Lebanon will ^(p)overwhelm you,And the devastation of its beasts ^(q)by which you terrified them,^(AD)Because of human bloodshed and ^(AE)violence ^(r)done to the land,To the town and all its inhabitants.

¹⁷ For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

¹⁷ For your violence against Lebanonwill overwhelm you;the destruction of animals will terrify you^(j)because of your human bloodshed and violenceagainst lands, cities, and all who live in them.

¹⁷ Indeed, the violence done to Lebanon will overtake you, and the destruction of the beasts will terrorize you because you shed human blood and did violence to the land, to the city, and to all who live in it."

¹⁹ “Woe (judgment is coming) to him who says to the wooden image, ‘Awake!’And to the speechless stone, ‘Arise!’And that is your teacher?Look, it is overlaid with gold and silver,And there is no breath at all inside it.

¹⁹ “Woe to him who ^(AI)says to a piece of wood, ‘^(AJ)Awake!’To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’And that is your teacher?Behold, it is overlaid with ^(AK)gold and silver,And there is ^(AL)no breath at all inside it.

¹⁹ Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

¹⁹ Woe to him who says to wood: Wake up!or to mute stone: Come alive!Can it teach?Look! It may be plated with gold and silver,yet there is no breath in it at all.

¹⁹ "Woe to the one who says to a tree, "Wake up!' or "Arise!' to a speechless stone. Idols like this can't teach, can they? Look, even though it is overlaid with gold and silver, there's no breath in it at all."