King James Version

Habakkuk 2:10

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.

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יָעַ֥צְתָּyaatstaadviseיָעַץverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “advise”, a completed actionH3289to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolveadvertise, take advise, advise (well), consult, (give, take) counsel(-lor), determine, devise, guide, purpose.בֹּ֖שֶׁתboshetshameבֹּשֶׁתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “shame”, the ordinary formH1322shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idolashamed, confusion, [phrase] greatly, (put to) shame(-ful thing).לְבֵיתֶ֑ךָleveytekhato familyבַּיִתpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…קְצוֹתqetsotcut offקָצָהverb, qal, infinitive construct — “cut off”, the to-form of the verbH7096to cut off; (figuratively) to destroy; (partially) to scrape offcut off, cut short, scrape (off).עַמִּ֥יםamimpeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.רַבִּ֖יםrabimaboundרַבadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary formH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…וְחוֹטֵ֥אvechoteand by faultחָטָאconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and by fault”, a verb used as a describing wordH2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemnbear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.נַפְשֶֽׁךָnafshekhacreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house, To cut off many peoples, and sinful [is] thy soul.

World English Bible

You have devised shame to your house by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.

Darby Translation

Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thine own soul.

Douay-Rheims

Thou hast devised confusion to thy house, thou hast cut off many people, and thy soul hath sinned.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou hast devised shame to thy house, thou hast utterly destroyed many nations, and thy soul has sinned.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐβουλεύσω αἰσχύνην τῷ οἴκῳ σου, συνεπέρανας πολλοὺς λαοὺς, καὶ ἐξήμαρτεν ἡ ψυχή σου.