Catholic Public Domain Version
"Shall they not suddenly rise up, who would bite you, and be stirred up, who would tear you, so that you will be a prey for them? "
— Habakkuk 2:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?”
“Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them? ”
“Won't your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?”
“Your creditors will suddenly attack; those who terrify you will spring into action, and they will rob you.”
“Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee: and they be stirred up that shall tear thee, and thou shalt be a spoil to them?”
“Will not your creditors suddenly be moved against you, and your troublers get up from their sleep, and you will be to them like goods taken in war?”
“Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?”
Behold, he who is unbelieving, his soul will not be right within himself; but he who is just shall live in his faith.
And in the manner that wine deceives the heavy drinker, so will the arrogant man be deceived, and he will not be honored. He has enlarged his life like hellfire, and himself like death, and he is never fulfilled. And he will gather to himself all nations, and he will amass for himself all peoples.
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and an enigmatic utterance about him? And it will be said, “Woe to him who increases what is not his own.” How long, then, will he lay down dense clay against himself?
Shall they not suddenly rise up, who would bite you, and be stirred up, who would tear you, so that you will be a prey for them?
Because you have despoiled many peoples, all those who are left of the people shall despoil you, because of the blood of men, and the iniquity of the earth, of the city and all who dwell therein.
Woe to him who gathers together an evil greed for his house, so that his nest may be exalted, and thinking that he might free himself from the hand of evil.
You have devised confusion for your house, you have cut to pieces many peoples, and your soul has sinned.