Habakkuk 2:10

Habakkuk 2:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
• New International Version (NIV)You have plotted the ruin of many peoples, shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You have devised shame for your house by cutting off many peoples; you have forfeited your life.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You give shameful counsel to your house, Cutting off many peoples, And sin against your soul.

Context of Habakkuk 2:10

8You have looted many nations. All the rest of the people will loot you because of the slaughter and violence done to lands, cities, and all their inhabitants. 9“ ‘How horrible it will be for the one who uses violence to get things for his own household in order to set his nest up high and save himself from disaster.’ You have planned disgrace for your household by cutting off many people and forfeiting your own life. 11A stone in the wall will cry out. A beam in the roof will answer it. 12“ ‘How horrible it will be for the one who builds a city by slaughter and founds a town by crime.’

Habakkuk 2:10 word by word

יָעַ֥צְתָּ בֹּ֖שֶׁת לְבֵיתֶ֑ךָ קְצוֹת־עַמִּ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים וְחוֹטֵ֥א נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou hast consultedיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
• shameבֹּ֫שֶׁתbôsheth · shameH1322
• to thy houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• by cutting offקָצָהqâtsâh · to cut offH7096
• manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and hast sinnedחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
• thy soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315

Cross-references for Habakkuk 2:10

• 2 Kings 9:26‘Just as I saw the blood of Naboth and his sons yesterday, I will pay you back in this field,’ declares the Lord. Now take him and throw him into the field as the Lord predicted.”
• 2 Kings 10:7When the letter came to the men, they slaughtered all 70 heirs. They put the heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu in Jezreel.
• Isaiah 14:20You won’t be joined by the kings in the tomb, because you have destroyed your land and killed your people. The descendants of the wicked will never be mentioned again.
• Jeremiah 22:30This is what the Lord says: Write this about Jehoiakin: He will be childless. He won’t prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will succeed him as king. They won’t sit on David’s throne and rule Judah again.
• Jeremiah 36:31I will punish him, his descendants, and his attendants for their wickedness. They refused to listen. So I will bring on them, on those who live in Jerusalem, and on the people of Judah all the disasters that I have threatened.’ ”
• Nahum 1:14The Lord has given this command about you, Nineveh: You will no longer have descendants to carry on your name. I will remove the wooden and metal idols from the temple of your gods. I will prepare your grave because you are worthless.
• Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “The responsibility for killing him will rest on us and our children.”
• Numbers 16:38The incense burners of these men who sinned and lost their lives are holy, because they were offered to the Lord. Hammer them into thin metal sheets to cover the altar. This will be a sign to the Israelites.”
• 1 Kings 2:23King Solomon took an oath by the Lord and said, “May God strike me dead if Adonijah doesn’t pay with his life for this request!
• Proverbs 1:18But these people set an ambush for their own murder. They go into hiding only to lose their lives.
• Proverbs 8:36Whoever sins against me harms himself. All those who hate me love death.”
• Isaiah 33:11You will be pregnant with hay. You will give birth to straw. Your breath will be a fire which will burn you up.

Commentaries on Habakkuk 2:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Hast sinned against thy soul - Thy life is forfeited by thy crimes.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Thou hast consulted shame to thy house, the cutting off many people, and sinning against thy soul - The wicked, whether out of passion or with his whole mind and deliberate choice and will, takes that counsel, which certainly brings shame to himself and his house, according to the law of God, whereby, according to Exodus 20:5, He “visits the iniquities of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Him,” i. e…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 The prophet reads the doom of all proud and oppressive powers that bear hard upon God's people. The lusts of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life, are the entangling snares of men; and we find him that led Israel captive, himself led captive by each of these. No more of what we have is to be reckoned ours, than what we come honestly by. Riches are but clay, thick clay; what are gold and silver but white and yellow earth? Those…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-11In the second taunt song, the Babylonians face condemnation for their dishonest actions. They used deceit to gain resources for building large houses, which cost them their lives.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Thou hast consulted shame ... by cutting off many--Maurer, more literally, "Thou hast consulted shame ... to destroy many," that is, in consulting (determining) to cut off many, thou hast consulted shame to thy house. sinned against thy soul--that is, against thyself; thou art the guilty cause of thine own ruin (Pr 8:36; 20:2). They who wrong their neighbors, do much greater wrong to their own souls.Read the comment

Topics related to Habakkuk 2:10

• Homicide
• Oppression
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Cutting Off
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• Habakkuk
• Shame

Commentaries on Habakkuk 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings