Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth [that which is] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

Shall not all these take up {H5375} a parable {H4912} against him, and a taunting {H4426} proverb {H2420} against him, and say {H559}, Woe {H1945} to him that increaseth {H7235} that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth {H3513} himself with thick clay {H5671}!

Won't all these take up taunting him and say about him, in mocking riddles, 'Woe to him who amasses other people's wealth! how long must it go on? and to him who adds to himself the weight of goods taken in pledge!

Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges!

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 14:4 (3 votes)

    ¶ That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

  • Isaiah 14:19 (3 votes)

    But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, [and as] the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

  • Numbers 23:7 (3 votes)

    And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, [saying], Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

  • Jeremiah 50:13 (3 votes)

    Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

  • Job 20:15 (3 votes)

    He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

  • Job 20:29 (3 votes)

    This [is] the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

  • Jeremiah 29:22 (3 votes)

    And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which [are] in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;