Habakkuk 2:5
and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
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ASV
Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.
KJV
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
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24 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַף֙ | ve.'Af | and also | H637 → |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → |
| הַיַּ֣יִן | hai.Ya.yin | <the> wine | H3196 → |
| בּוֹגֵ֔ד | bo.Ged | [is] treacherous | H898 → |
| גֶּ֥בֶר | Ge.ver | a man | H1397 → |
| יָהִ֖יר | ya.Hir | arrogant | H3093 → |
| וְלֹ֣א | ve.Lo' | and [who] not | H3808 → |
| יִנְוֶ֑ה | yin.Veh | he stays at home | H5115 → |
| אֲשֶׁר֩ | 'a.Sher | who | H834 → |
| הִרְחִ֨יב | hir.Chiv | he has made large | H7337 → |
| כִּשְׁא֜וֹל | kish.'ol | like Sheol | H7585 → |
| נַפְשׁ֗וֹ | naf.Sho | throat his | H5315 → |
| וְה֤וּא | ve.Hu' | and he | H1931 → |
| כַמָּ֙וֶת֙ | kha.Ma.vet | [is] like <the> death | H4194 → |
| וְלֹ֣א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| יִשְׂבָּ֔ע | yis.Ba' | he is satisfied | H7646 → |
| וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף | vai.ye.'e.Sof | and he has gathered | H622 → |
| אֵלָיו֙ | 'e.Lav | to himself | H413 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| הַגּוֹיִ֔ם | ha.go.Yim | the nations | H1471 → |
| וַיִּקְבֹּ֥ץ | vai.yik.Botz | and he has assembled | H6908 → |
| אֵלָ֖יו | 'e.Lav | to himself | H413 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| הָעַמִּֽים׃ | ha.'a.Mim | the peoples | H5971 → |
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