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Habakkuk 2:12

12 “Woe to him who abuilds a city with bloodshed

And founds a town with 1violence!

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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.


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