Habakkuk 2 (ESV)

1 I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint. 2 And the LORD answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it. 3 For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay. 4 “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith. 5 “Moreover, wine is a traitor, an arrogant man who is never at rest. His greed is as wide as Sheol; like death he has never enough. He gathers for himself all nations and collects as his own all peoples.” 6 Shall not all these take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say, “Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own— for how long?— and loads himself with pledges!” 7 Will not your debtors suddenly arise, and those awake who will make you tremble? Then you will be spoil for them. 8 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you, for the blood of man and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell in them. 9 “Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm! 10 You have devised shame for your house by cutting off many peoples; you have forfeited your life. 11 For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the beam from the woodwork respond. 12 “Woe to him who builds a town with blood and founds a city on iniquity! 13 Behold, is it not from the LORD of hosts that peoples labor merely for fire, and nations weary themselves for nothing? 14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. 15 “Woe to him who makes his neighbors drink— you pour out your wrath and make them drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness! 16 You will have your fill of shame instead of glory. Drink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter shame will come upon your glory! 17 The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them, for the blood of man and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell in them. 18 “What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols! 19 Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, Awake; to a silent stone, Arise! Can this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it. 20 But the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.”

In Other Versions

Habakkuk 2 in the ANGEFD

Habakkuk 2 in the ANTPNG2D

Habakkuk 2 in the AS21

Habakkuk 2 in the BAGH

Habakkuk 2 in the BBPNG

Habakkuk 2 in the BBT1E

Habakkuk 2 in the BDS

Habakkuk 2 in the BEV

Habakkuk 2 in the BHAD

Habakkuk 2 in the BIB

Habakkuk 2 in the BLPT

Habakkuk 2 in the BNT

Habakkuk 2 in the BNTABOOT

Habakkuk 2 in the BNTLV

Habakkuk 2 in the BOATCB

Habakkuk 2 in the BOATCB2

Habakkuk 2 in the BOBCV

Habakkuk 2 in the BOCNT

Habakkuk 2 in the BOECS

Habakkuk 2 in the BOGWICC

Habakkuk 2 in the BOHCB

Habakkuk 2 in the BOHCV

Habakkuk 2 in the BOHLNT

Habakkuk 2 in the BOHNTLTAL

Habakkuk 2 in the BOICB

Habakkuk 2 in the BOILNTAP

Habakkuk 2 in the BOITCV

Habakkuk 2 in the BOKCV

Habakkuk 2 in the BOKCV2

Habakkuk 2 in the BOKHWOG

Habakkuk 2 in the BOKSSV

Habakkuk 2 in the BOLCB

Habakkuk 2 in the BOLCB2

Habakkuk 2 in the BOMCV

Habakkuk 2 in the BONAV

Habakkuk 2 in the BONCB

Habakkuk 2 in the BONLT

Habakkuk 2 in the BONUT2

Habakkuk 2 in the BOPLNT

Habakkuk 2 in the BOSCB

Habakkuk 2 in the BOSNC

Habakkuk 2 in the BOTLNT

Habakkuk 2 in the BOVCB

Habakkuk 2 in the BOYCB

Habakkuk 2 in the BPBB

Habakkuk 2 in the BPH

Habakkuk 2 in the BSB

Habakkuk 2 in the CCB

Habakkuk 2 in the CUV

Habakkuk 2 in the CUVS

Habakkuk 2 in the DBT

Habakkuk 2 in the DGDNT

Habakkuk 2 in the DHNT

Habakkuk 2 in the DNT

Habakkuk 2 in the ELBE

Habakkuk 2 in the EMTV

Habakkuk 2 in the FBV

Habakkuk 2 in the FEB

Habakkuk 2 in the GGMNT

Habakkuk 2 in the GNT

Habakkuk 2 in the HARY

Habakkuk 2 in the HNT

Habakkuk 2 in the IRVA

Habakkuk 2 in the IRVB

Habakkuk 2 in the IRVG

Habakkuk 2 in the IRVH

Habakkuk 2 in the IRVK

Habakkuk 2 in the IRVM

Habakkuk 2 in the IRVM2

Habakkuk 2 in the IRVO

Habakkuk 2 in the IRVP

Habakkuk 2 in the IRVT

Habakkuk 2 in the IRVT2

Habakkuk 2 in the IRVU

Habakkuk 2 in the ISVN

Habakkuk 2 in the JSNT

Habakkuk 2 in the KAPI

Habakkuk 2 in the KBT1ETNIK

Habakkuk 2 in the KBV

Habakkuk 2 in the KJV

Habakkuk 2 in the KNFD

Habakkuk 2 in the LBA

Habakkuk 2 in the LBLA

Habakkuk 2 in the LNT

Habakkuk 2 in the LSV

Habakkuk 2 in the MAAL

Habakkuk 2 in the MBV

Habakkuk 2 in the MBV2

Habakkuk 2 in the MHNT

Habakkuk 2 in the MKNFD

Habakkuk 2 in the MNG

Habakkuk 2 in the MNT

Habakkuk 2 in the MNT2

Habakkuk 2 in the MRS1T

Habakkuk 2 in the NAA

Habakkuk 2 in the NASB

Habakkuk 2 in the NBLA

Habakkuk 2 in the NBS

Habakkuk 2 in the NBVTP

Habakkuk 2 in the NET2

Habakkuk 2 in the NIV11

Habakkuk 2 in the NNT

Habakkuk 2 in the NNT2

Habakkuk 2 in the NNT3

Habakkuk 2 in the PDDPT

Habakkuk 2 in the PFNT

Habakkuk 2 in the RMNT

Habakkuk 2 in the SBIAS

Habakkuk 2 in the SBIBS

Habakkuk 2 in the SBIBS2

Habakkuk 2 in the SBICS

Habakkuk 2 in the SBIDS

Habakkuk 2 in the SBIGS

Habakkuk 2 in the SBIHS

Habakkuk 2 in the SBIIS

Habakkuk 2 in the SBIIS2

Habakkuk 2 in the SBIIS3

Habakkuk 2 in the SBIKS

Habakkuk 2 in the SBIKS2

Habakkuk 2 in the SBIMS

Habakkuk 2 in the SBIOS

Habakkuk 2 in the SBIPS

Habakkuk 2 in the SBISS

Habakkuk 2 in the SBITS

Habakkuk 2 in the SBITS2

Habakkuk 2 in the SBITS3

Habakkuk 2 in the SBITS4

Habakkuk 2 in the SBIUS

Habakkuk 2 in the SBIVS

Habakkuk 2 in the SBT

Habakkuk 2 in the SBT1E

Habakkuk 2 in the SCHL

Habakkuk 2 in the SNT

Habakkuk 2 in the SUSU

Habakkuk 2 in the SUSU2

Habakkuk 2 in the SYNO

Habakkuk 2 in the TBIAOTANT

Habakkuk 2 in the TBT1E

Habakkuk 2 in the TBT1E2

Habakkuk 2 in the TFTIP

Habakkuk 2 in the TFTU

Habakkuk 2 in the TGNTATF3T

Habakkuk 2 in the THAI

Habakkuk 2 in the TNFD

Habakkuk 2 in the TNT

Habakkuk 2 in the TNTIK

Habakkuk 2 in the TNTIL

Habakkuk 2 in the TNTIN

Habakkuk 2 in the TNTIP

Habakkuk 2 in the TNTIZ

Habakkuk 2 in the TOMA

Habakkuk 2 in the TTENT

Habakkuk 2 in the UBG

Habakkuk 2 in the UGV

Habakkuk 2 in the UGV2

Habakkuk 2 in the UGV3

Habakkuk 2 in the VBL

Habakkuk 2 in the VDCC

Habakkuk 2 in the YALU

Habakkuk 2 in the YAPE

Habakkuk 2 in the YBVTP

Habakkuk 2 in the ZBP