Habakkuk 2:17

Habakkuk 2:17 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

17The violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,

and your destruction of animals will terrify you.

For you have shed human blood;

you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

17“For the violence 2:17 Lit of Lebanondone to Lebanon will 2:17 Lit coveroverwhelm you,

And the devastation of its animals 2:17 Lit which shattered themby which you terrified them,

Because of human bloodshed and violence 2:17 Lit of the landdone to the land,

To the town and all its inhabitants.

17For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,

And the devastation of its beasts by which you terrified them,

Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land,

To the town and all its inhabitants.

17“For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you;

The destruction of the animals will terrify you

On account of human bloodshed and the violence done to the land,

To the city and all its inhabitants.

17For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you,

and the destruction of animals will terrify you,

because of your bloodshed against men

and your violence against the land, the city,

and all their dwellers.

17The harm they have done to Lebanon

will bring them down.

Because they have killed so many animals,

animals will terrify them.

They have spilled human blood.

They have destroyed lands and cities

and everyone in them.