Devine Scripture

Habakkuk 2:11

Habakkuk chapter 2 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

Context

v.10Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.

v.11This passage

v.12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 4:10

    And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

  • Revelation 6:10

    and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

  • James 5:3

    Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days.

  • Joshua 24:27

    And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.

  • Hebrews 12:24

    and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better than that of Abel.

  • Luke 19:40

    And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.