Verse 6
Habakkuk 2:6
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a dark speech concerning him: and it shall be said: Woe to him that heapeth together that which is not his own? how long also doth he load himself with thick clay?
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֲ/לוֹא אֵ֣לֶּה כֻלָּ֗/ם עָלָי/ו֙ מָשָׁ֣ל יִשָּׂ֔אוּ וּ/מְלִיצָ֖ה חִיד֣וֹת ל֑/וֹ וְ/יֹאמַ֗ר ה֚וֹי הַ/מַּרְבֶּ֣ה לֹּא ל֔/וֹ עַד מָתַ֕י וּ/מַכְבִּ֥יד עָלָ֖י/ו עַבְטִֽיט
English Translation
"Are not all these things a proverb that they will carry and a riddle for him? And he will say, ‘Woe to the one who increases, how long will he do so, and who burdens me with debts?’"
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