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Habakkuk 2:15

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

KJV

Væ qui potum dat amico suo mittens fel suum, et inebrians ut aspiciat nuditatem ejus !

Vulgate

Ὢ ὁ ποτίζων τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἀνατροπῇ θολερᾷ, καὶ μεθύσκων, ὅπως ἐπιβλέπῃ ἐπὶ τὰ σπήλαια αὐτῶν.

LXX

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, to thee that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

ASV

ה֚וֹי מַשְׁקֵ֣ה רֵעֵ֔/הוּ מְסַפֵּ֥חַ חֲמָתְ/ךָ֖ וְ/אַ֣ף שַׁכֵּ֑ר לְמַ֥עַן הַבִּ֖יט עַל מְעוֹרֵי/הֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַף
'p
adverb · 133×
ה
h
verb · 70×
ה֣וֹי
hvy
particle · 51×
הֶֽם
hm
pronoun · 1×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
חֵ֨מַת
chmt
noun · 4×
לְמַ֣עַן
lm'n
preposition · 268×
ן
n
verb · 19×
נִי
ny
verb · 6×
נִי
ny
verb · 61×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 11:13 — And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
  • 2Sam 11:13 — And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
  • 2Sam 13:26 — Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
  • Esth 1:8 — And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.
  • Exod 32:25 — And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
  • Gen 9:21 — And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
  • Gen 9:22 — And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
  • Gen 19:32 — Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
  • Gen 19:36 — Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
  • Hos 7:5 — In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
  • Isa 5:11 — Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
  • Isa 5:22 — Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
  • Jer 25:15 — For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
  • Jer 51:7 — Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
  • Prov 20:1 — Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
  • Rev 16:15 — Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
  • Rev 17:2 — With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
  • Rev 17:6 — And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
  • Rev 18:3 — For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abunda