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

8Because you have plundered many nations, now all the survivors will plunder you. You committed murder throughout the countryside and filled the towns with violence. 9“What sorrow awaits you who build big houses with money gained dishonestly! You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your family’s nest beyond the reach of danger. But by the murders you committed, you have shamed your name and forfeited your lives. 11The very stones in the walls cry out against you, and the beams in the ceilings echo the complaint. 12“What sorrow awaits you who build cities with money gained through murder and corruption!

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‘I solemnly swear that I will repay him here on this plot of land, says the Lord, for the murder of Naboth and his sons that I saw yesterday.’ So throw him out on Naboth’s property, just as the Lord said.”
• 2 Kings 10:7When the letter arrived, the leaders killed all seventy of the king’s sons. They placed their heads in baskets and presented them to Jehu at Jezreel.
• Isaiah 14:20You will not be given a proper burial, for you have destroyed your nation and slaughtered your people. The descendants of such an evil person will never again receive honor.
• Jeremiah 22:30This is what the Lord says: ‘Let the record show that this man Jehoiachin was childless. He is a failure, for none of his children will succeed him on the throne of David to rule over Judah.’
• Jeremiah 36:31I will punish him and his family and his attendants for their sins. I will pour out on them and on all the people of Jerusalem and Judah all the disasters I promised, for they would not listen to my warnings.’”
• Nahum 1:14And this is what the Lord says concerning the Assyrians in Nineveh: “You will have no more children to carry on your name. I will destroy all the idols in the temples of your gods. I am preparing a grave for you because you are despicable!”
• Matthew 27:25And all the people yelled back, “We will take responsibility for his death—we and our children!”
• Numbers 16:38Take the incense burners of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and hammer the metal into a thin sheet to overlay the altar. Since these burners were used in the Lord’s presence, they have become holy. Let them serve as a warning to the people of Israel.”
• 1 Kings 2:23Then King Solomon made a vow before the Lord: “May God strike me and even kill me if Adonijah has not sealed his fate with this request.
• Proverbs 1:18But these people set an ambush for themselves; they are trying to get themselves killed.
• Proverbs 8:36But those who miss me injure themselves. All who hate me love death.”
• Isaiah 33:11You Assyrians produce nothing but dry grass and stubble. Your own breath will turn to fire and consume you.

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
• Blood
• Consult
• Put
• Teach
• Weary
• Wood
• 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