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Habakkuk 2:12

12 “Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed,

Who establishes a city by iniquity!

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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 — 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.

Habakkuk 2:12 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

12 Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed

And founds a town with violence!


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