Habakkuk 2:11
What does Habakkuk 2:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Habakkuk 2:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For the stone will give a cry out of the wall, and it will be answered by the board out of the woodwork.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For a stone from the wall doth cry out, And a holdfast from the wood answereth it.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For the stone shall cry out of the wall: and the timber that is between the joints of the building, shall answer.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Context
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.
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