Habakkuk 2:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?”
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“Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Habakkuk 2:13 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 11:6And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
- 2 Samuel 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
- Job 5:13He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
- Psalms 39:6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
- Psalms 127:1Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
- Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
- Isaiah 41:5The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.
- Isaiah 50:11Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who array yourselves with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire and of the firebrands you have lit! This is what you will receive from My hand: You will lie down in a place of torment.
- Isaiah 55:2Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
- Jeremiah 51:58This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”
- Jeremiah 51:64Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.
- Malachi 1:4Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.
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