Habakkuk 2:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Will 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?’

Young's Literal Translation
Do not these—all of them—against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Wo [to] him who is multiplying [what is] not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?

King James Bible
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth [that which is] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

Hebrew
Will not
הֲלוֹא־ (hă·lō·w-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

all
כֻלָּ֗ם (ḵul·lām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

of these
אֵ֣לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

take up
יִשָּׂ֔אוּ (yiś·śā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

a taunt
מָשָׁ֣ל (mā·šāl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4912: A pithy maxim, a simile

against him,
עָלָיו֙ (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

with mockery
וּמְלִיצָ֖ה (ū·mə·lî·ṣāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4426: Satire, a mocking poem

and riddles
חִיד֣וֹת (ḥî·ḏō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 2420: A riddle, an enigmatic, perplexing saying or question

against him,
ל֑וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

saying:
וְיֹאמַ֗ר (wə·yō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘Woe
ה֚וֹי (hō·w)
Interjection
Strong's 1945: Ah! alas! ha!

to him who amasses
הַמַּרְבֶּ֣ה (ham·mar·beh)
Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

what is not his
לֹּא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

and makes himself rich
וּמַכְבִּ֥יד (ū·maḵ·bîḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome

with many loans!
עַבְטִֽיט׃ (‘aḇ·ṭîṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5671: Something pledged, pawned goods

How
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

long will this go on?’
מָתַ֕י (mā·ṯay)
Interrogative
Strong's 4970: Extent, when

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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