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Moreover, wine betrays an arrogant man.
        He doesn’t rest.
        He opens his jaws[a] like the grave;[b]
            like death, he is never satisfied.
He gathers all nations to himself
        and collects all peoples for himself.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:5 Or throat
  2. Habakkuk 2:5 Heb Sheol

indeed, wine(A) betrays him;
    he is arrogant(B) and never at rest.
Because he is as greedy as the grave
    and like death is never satisfied,(C)
he gathers to himself all the nations
    and takes captive(D) all the peoples.

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