Verse 6
Habakkuk 2:6
Geneva Bible
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Shall not all these take vp a parable against him, and a tanting prouerbe against him, and say, Ho, he that increaseth that which is not his? howe long? and hee that ladeth himselfe with thicke 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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