Habakkuk 2:11

In 11 translations

BSB

For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.

KJV

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.beam: or, piece, or, fasteninganswer it: or, witness against it

WEB

For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.

ASV

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

LSV

For a stone cries out from the wall, || And a beam from the wood answers it.

YLT

For a stone from the wall doth cry out, And a holdfast from the wood answereth it.

DBY

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

DRC

For the stone shall cry out of the wall: and the timber that is between the joints of the building, shall answer.

GNV

For the stone shall crie out of the wall, and the beame out of the timber shall answere it.

JPS

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

LXXE

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beetle out of the timber shall speak.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּי־אֶ֖בֶן מִקִּ֣יר תִּזְעָ֑ק וְכָפִ֖יס מֵעֵ֥ץ יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃

LXX-Br

Διότι λίθος ἐκ τοίχου βοήσεται, καὶ κάνθαρος ἐκ ξύλου φθέγξεται αὐτά.

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• Luke 19:40“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
• Joshua 24:27And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
• Job 31:38–40if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together, if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants, then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.”…
• James 5:3–4Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your…
• Genesis 4:10“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
• Hebrews 12:24to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
• Revelation 6:10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”

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