Habakkuk 2:3
What does Habakkuk 2:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Habakkuk 2:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For the vision is still for the fixed time, and it is moving quickly to the end, and it will not be false: even if it is slow in coming, go on waiting for it; because it will certainly come, it will not be kept back.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For yet the vision <FI>is<Fi> for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For as yet the vision is far off, and it shall appear at the end, and shall not lie: if it make any delay, wait for it: for it shall surely come, and it shall not be slack.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but it hasteth to the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; for it will surely come, it will not delay.
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Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hebrews 10:36
For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.
- Galatians 4:2
but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed of the father.
- Psalms 102:13
Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:6
And now ye know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.
- Lamentations 3:25
Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
- Acts 17:26
and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;
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