Habakkuk 2

1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look out to see what He will speak by me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

upon charge my to stand: stand and to stand upon siege and to watch to/for to see: see what? to speak: speak in/on/with me and what? to return: reply upon argument my

2 And the LORD answered me, and said: 'Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that a man may read it swiftly.

and to answer me LORD and to say to write vision and to make plain upon [the] tablet because to run: run to call: read out in/on/with him

3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it declareth of the end, and doth not lie; though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.'

for still vision to/for meeting: time appointed and to breathe to/for end and not to lie if to delay to wait to/for him for to come (in): fulfill to come (in): fulfill not to delay

4 Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.

behold to swell not to smooth soul his in/on/with him and righteous in/on/with faithfulness his to live

5 Yea, moreover, wine is a treacherous dealer; the haughty man abideth not; he who enlargeth his desire as the nether-world, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples. (Sheol h7585)

and also for [the] wine to act treacherously great man proud and not to dwell which to enlarge like/as hell: Sheol soul: appetite his and he/she/it like/as death and not to satisfy and to gather to(wards) him all [the] nation and to gather to(wards) him all [the] people (Sheol h7585)

6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say: 'Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with many pledges!'

not these all their upon him proverb to lift: loud and mockery riddle to/for him and to say woe! [the] to multiply not to/for him till how and to honor: heavy upon him debt

7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall exact interest of thee, and awake that shall violently shake thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

not suddenness to arise: rise to bite you and to awake to tremble you and to be to/for plunder to/for them

8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

for you(m. s.) to loot nation many to loot you all remainder people from blood man and violence land: country/planet town and all to dwell in/on/with her

9 Woe to him that gaineth evil gains for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

woe! to cut off: to gain unjust-gain bad: evil to/for house: household his to/for to set: make in/on/with height nest his to/for to rescue from palm bad: evil

10 Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast forfeited thy life.

to advise shame to/for house: household your to cut off people many and to sin soul: life your

11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

for stone from wall to cry out and rafter from tree: wood to answer her

12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!

woe! to build city in/on/with blood and to establish: make town in/on/with injustice

13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

not behold from with LORD Hosts and be weary/toil people in/on/with sufficiency fire and people in/on/with sufficiency vain to faint

14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

for to fill [the] land: country/planet to/for to know [obj] glory LORD like/as water to cover upon sea

15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy venom thereto, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

woe! to water: drink neighbor his to attach rage your and also be drunk because to look upon nakedness their

16 Thou art filled with shame instead of glory, drink thou also, and be uncovered; the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and filthiness shall be upon thy glory.

to satisfy dishonor from glory to drink also you(m. s.) and be uncircumcised to turn: turn upon you cup right LORD and disgrace upon glory your

17 For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

for violence Lebanon to cover you and violence animal to to be dismayed them from blood man and violence land: country/planet town and all to dwell in/on/with her

18 What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it, even the molten image, and the teacher of lies; that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

what? to gain idol for to hew him to form: formed him liquid and to show deception for to trust to form: formed intention his upon him to/for to make idol mute

19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood: 'Awake', to the dumb stone: 'Arise!' Can this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

woe! to say to/for tree: wood to awake [emph?] to rouse to/for stone silence he/she/it to show behold he/she/it to capture gold and silver: money and all spirit: breath nothing in/on/with entrails: among his

20 But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before Him.

and LORD in/on/with temple holiness his to silence from face: before his all [the] land: country/planet