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Habakkuk 2:11

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

KJV

Quia lapis de pariete clamabit, et lignum, quod inter juncturas ædificiorum est, respondebit.

Vulgate

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

LXX

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

ASV

כִּי אֶ֖בֶן מִ/קִּ֣יר תִּזְעָ֑ק וְ/כָפִ֖יס מֵ/עֵ֥ץ יַעֲנֶֽ/נָּה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
כָפִ֖יס
kpys
noun · 1×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
קִּ֑יר
qyr
noun · 74×
תִּזְעַ֖ק
tz'q
verb · 73×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 4:10 — And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
  • Heb 12:24 — And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
  • Jas 5:3 — Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
  • Job 31:38 — If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
  • Job 31:38 — If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
  • Josh 24:27 — And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest y
  • Lam 2:18 — Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
  • Luke 19:40 — And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
  • Luke 19:40 — And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
  • Rev 6:10 — And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?