Habakkuk 2:12
Habakkuk 2:12 — The New International Version (NIV)
12 “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
and establishes a town by injustice!
Habakkuk 2:12 — English Standard Version (ESV)
12 “Woe to him who builds a town with blood
and founds a city on iniquity!
Habakkuk 2:12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood,
And stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Habakkuk 2:12 — New Living Translation (NLT)
12 “What sorrow awaits you who build cities
with money gained through murder and corruption!
Habakkuk 2:12 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
12 “Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed,
Who establishes a city by iniquity!
Habakkuk 2:12 — New Century Version (NCV)
12 “How terrible it will be for the nation that kills people to build a city,
that wrongs others to start a town.
Habakkuk 2:12 — American Standard Version (ASV)
12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
Habakkuk 2:12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by unrighteousness!
Habakkuk 2:12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
12 “ ‘How horrible it will be for the one who builds a city by slaughter
and founds a town by crime.’
Habakkuk 2:12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
12 Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
and founds a town with injustice!
Habakkuk 2:12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
12 “Alas for you who build a town by bloodshed,
and found a city on iniquity!”
Habakkuk 2:12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
12 Woe to him who builds a city by bloodguilt,
and who founds a city by wickedness!
Habakkuk 2:12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
12 “How terrible it will be for the Babylonians!
They build cities by spilling the blood of others.
They establish towns by committing crimes.