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Habakkuk 2:10

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.

KJV

Cogitasti confusionem domui tuæ ; concidisti populos multos, et peccavit anima tua.

Vulgate

ἐβουλεύσω αἰσχύνην τῷ οἴκῳ σου, συνεπέρανας λαοὺς πολλούς, καὶ ἐξήμαρτεν ἡ ψυχή σου·

LXX

Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.

ASV

יָעַ֥צְתָּ בֹּ֖שֶׁת לְ/בֵיתֶ֑/ךָ קְצוֹת עַמִּ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים וְ/חוֹטֵ֥א נַפְשֶֽׁ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֹ֖שֶׁת
bsht
noun · 31×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
הֶחֱטִ֖יא
hchty'
verb · 237×
י
y
noun · 752×
י
y
noun · 1849×
נֽוֹעָצִ֔ים
nv'tsym
verb · 79×
קַצּ֖וֹת
qtsvt
verb · 5×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 9:26 — Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of grou
  • Jer 44:7 — Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to
  • Nah 1:14 — And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for t
  • Num 16:38 — The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be
  • Prov 20:2 — The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.