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  • Habakkuk 2:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    •  9 Woe to the one who makes evil gain for his house,

      So as to set his nest on the height,

      To escape the grasp of calamity!

  • Habakkuk 2:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 9 “‘Woe to the one that is making evil gain for his house,+ in order to set his nest on the height, so as to be delivered from the grasp* of what is calamitous!+

  • Habakkuk 2:9
    The Bible in Living English
    • 9 “Ha, you who make hurtful winnings for your house, placing your nest aloft, to come off safe out of the clutch of disaster!

  • Habakkuk 2:9
    American Standard Version
    • 9 Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

  • Habakkuk 2:9
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 9 Alas! for him who extorteth an extortion of wrong for his own house,—That he may set on high his nest, That he may be delivered from the grasp of calamity.

  • Habakkuk 2:9
    King James Version
    • 9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

  • Habakkuk
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 2:9 w00 2/1 16

  • Habakkuk
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 2:9 g63 12/22 7; w35 153

  • Habakkuk
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 2:9

      The Watchtower,

      2/1/2000, p. 16

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