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Habakkuk 2:5
5Indeed, because this wine betrays, a proud man never rests. He enlarges his desire like Sheol, Like death, he is never satisfied. So he gathers to himself all nations, and collects all peoples for himself.
Habakkuk 2:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
- New International Version (NIV)indeed, wine betrays him; he is arrogant and never at rest. Because he is as greedy as the grave and like death is never satisfied, he gathers to himself all the nations and takes captive all the peoples.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Moreover, wine is a traitor, an arrogant man who is never at rest. His greed is as wide as Sheol; like death he has never enough. He gathers for himself all nations and collects as his own all peoples."
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Indeed, because he transgresses by wine, He is a proud man, And he does not stay at home. Because he enlarges his desire as hell, And he is like death, and cannot be satisfied, He gathers to himself all nations And heaps up for himself all peoples.
Context of Habakkuk 2:5
3For the vision is yet for an appointed time. It hastens to the end and will not fail. If it should be slow in coming, wait for it, For it will surely come—it will not delay.” 4Behold, the puffed up one— his soul is not right within him, But the righteous will live by his trust. Indeed, because this wine betrays, a proud man never rests. He enlarges his desire like Sheol, Like death, he is never satisfied. So he gathers to himself all nations, and collects all peoples for himself. 6Will not all take up a proverb against him or a scornful riddle about him? “Oy to one expanding what isn’t his! How long? Oy to one burdening himself with heavy debts!” 7Will biting you arise suddenly, and those shaking you awaken, as you will become plunder for them?
Read all of Habakkuk 2Habakkuk 2:5 word by word
וְאַף֙ כִּֽי־הַיַּ֣יִן בּוֹגֵ֔ד גֶּ֥בֶר יָהִ֖יר וְלֹ֣א יִנְוֶ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֩ הִרְחִ֨יב כִּשְׁא֜וֹל נַפְשׁ֗וֹ וְה֤וּא כַמָּ֙וֶת֙ וְלֹ֣א יִשְׂבָּ֔ע וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף אֵלָיו֙ כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וַיִּקְבֹּ֥ץ אֵלָ֖יו כָּל־הָעַמִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Yea also, because he transgressethבָּגַדbâgad · to act treacherouslyH898
- by wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
- a proudיָהִירyâhîyr · proudH3093
- manגָּבֶרgeber · great manH1397
- neither keepeth at homeנָוָהnâvâh · to dwellH5115
- who enlargethרָחַבrâchab · to enlargeH7337
- his desireנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: appetiteH5315
- as hellשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
- as deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
- and cannot be satisfiedשָׂבֵעַώâba‛ ώâbêa‛ · to satisfyH7646
- but gatherethאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
- unto him all nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- and heapethקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
- unto him all peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
Cross-references for Habakkuk 2:5
- Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is unwise.
- Proverbs 23:29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has fights? Who has complaining? Who has bruises for no reason? Who has red eyes?
- Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
- Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise up early in the morning— so they may pursue liquor, who stay up late at night, until wine inflames them!
- Isaiah 21:5Set the table, spread out the cloth! Eat! Drink! “Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!”
- Jeremiah 51:39When they become hot, I will set out a banquet for them and will make them so drunk that they become merry— and then sleep a perpetual sleep and never awake.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
- Daniel 5:1King Belshazzar held a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles and was drinking wine in front of the thousand.
- Nahum 1:9What can you scheme against Adonai? He will make a complete destruction. Distress will not arise twice.
- Habakkuk 2:4Behold, the puffed up one— his soul is not right within him, But the righteous will live by his trust.
- Psalms 138:6For though Adonai is exalted, yet He looks upon the lowly, but the haughty He knows from afar.
- Proverbs 30:13There is a generation whose eyes are so haughty, whose eyelids are lifted up disdainfully.
- Isaiah 2:11The man of haughty eyes is humbled, the lofty ones brought low, for Adonai alone will be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 16:6We have heard of the pride of Moab— very proud is he—of his haughtiness, his arrogance, his insolence, and his dishonest boasting.
- Jeremiah 50:29Summon archers to Babylon, all who bend the bow. Encamp against her all around, let no one there escape. Repay her for her deed. As all she has done, do to her. For she was arrogant against Adonai, against the Holy One of Israel.
- Daniel 5:20But when his heart became haughty and his spirit hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
- James 4:6But He gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Commentaries on Habakkuk 2:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Because he transgresseth by wine - From the present translation, it is not easy to see either reason or meaning in the first clause of this verse. Newcome translates, "Moreover, as a mighty man transgresseth through wine, he is proud, and remaineth not at rest." Houbigant thus: "For he, though he be a despiser, and powerful, and proud, yet shall he not have rest." Nebuchadnezzar is here represented in his usual character, proud, haughty, and ambitious…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5This general rule the prophet goes on to apply in words which belong in part to all oppressors and in the first instance to the Chaldaean, in part yet more fully to the end and to antichrist. “Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine” (or better, “Yea, how much more, since wine is a deceiver, as Solomon says, Proverbs 20:1, “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever erreth thereby shall not be wise;” and Proverbs 23:32, “In the end it…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. 2-5Habakkuk's mission was to tell people that God's justice may seem slow, but it will definitely come.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Yea also, because--additional reason why the Jews may look for God punishing their Chaldean foe, namely, because ... he is a proud man--rather, this clause continues the reason for the Jews expecting the punishment of the Chaldeans, "because he transgresseth by wine (a besetting sin of Babylon, compare Da 5:1-31, and Curtius [5.1]), being a proud man." Love of wine often begets a proud contempt of divine things, as in Belshazzar's case, which was the…Read the comment
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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
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