Habakkuk 2:7

Woe to the Chaldeans

6Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’ 7Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey. 8Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you— because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.

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Berean Standard Bible
Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.
American Standard Version (1901)
Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them?
Bible in Basic English
Will not your creditors suddenly be moved against you, and your troublers get up from their sleep, and you will be to them like goods taken in war?
Douay-Rheims 1899
Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee: and they be stirred up that shall tear thee, and thou shalt be a spoil to them?
Free Bible Version
Won't your debtors suddenly act? Won't they wake up to the situation and make you tremble? You will be plunder for them!
Geneva Bible 1599
Shall they not rise vp suddenly, that shall bite thee? and awake, that shall stirre thee? and thou shalt be their praye?
King James (Authorized) Version
Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
Translation for Translators
Suddenly those whom you ◄oppressed/treated cruelly► will cause you to tremble, and they will take away all the things that you have stolen from them.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Will the ones biting at you not rise up suddenly, and the ones terrifying you awaken? You will become a victim for them.
Noah Webster Bible
Shall they not rise suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall disturb thee, and thou shalt be for booties to them?
World English Bible
Won’t your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?
Young's Literal Translation
Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up, And thou hast been for a spoil to them?