Habakkuk 2:4-6

American Standard Version

⁴Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not ^[a]upright in him; but the righteous shall live ^[b]by his faith. ⁵^[c]Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, ^[d]that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples. ⁶Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting ^[e]proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges!

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Habakkuk 2:4 Or, straight
Habakkuk 2:4 Or, in his faithfulness
Habakkuk 2:5 Or, And also because his wine . . . he is a haughty man
Habakkuk 2:5 Or, he shall not abide
Habakkuk 2:6 Or, riddle

Habakkuk 2:4-6

New International Version

⁴“See, the enemy is puffed up;
    his desires are not upright—
    but the righteous person^(A) will live by his faithfulness^[a]^(B)—
⁵indeed, wine^(C) betrays him;
    he is arrogant^(D) and never at rest.
Because he is as greedy as the grave
    and like death is never satisfied,^(E)
he gathers to himself all the nations
    and takes captive^(F) all the peoples.