Habakkuk 2:5
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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: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.
In other translations
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: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.
Hebrew words
וְאַףve'afand alsoH637כִּי־ki-forH3588הַיַּיִןhaiyayin<the> wineH3196בּוֹגֵדboged[is] treacherousH898גֶּבֶרgevera manH1397יָהִירyahirarrogantH3093וְלֹאvelo'and [who] notH3808יִנְוֶהyinvehhe stays at homeH5115אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834הִרְחִיבhirchivhe has made largeH7337כִּשְׁאוֹלkish'ollike SheolH7585נַפְשׁוֹnafshothroat hisH5315וְהוּאvehu'and heH1931כַמָּוֶתkhamavet[is] like <the> deathH4194וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808יִשְׂבָּעyisba'he is satisfiedH7646וַיֶּאֱסֹףvaiye'esofand he has gatheredH622אֵלָיו'elavto himselfH413כָּל־kol-allH3605הַגּוֹיִםhagoyimthe nationsH1471וַיִּקְבֹּץvaiyikbotzand he has assembledH6908אֵלָיו'elavto himselfH413כָּל־kol-allH3605הָעַמִּים׃ha'amimthe peoplesH5971
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