Habakkuk 2:13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
13 Is this not from the Lord of hosts:
peoples toil[a] for what the flames consume,
and nations grow weary for nothing!
Footnotes
- 2:13 Peoples toil: those oppressed by the Babylonians do not benefit from their work. Verses 13–14 break the pattern of reversal in the oracles that precede and may have been added by an editor.
Habakkuk 2:13
New International Version
Habakkuk 2:13
King James Version
13 Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
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