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Habakkuk 2:20

But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

KJV

Dominus autem in templo sancto suo : sileat a facie ejus omnis terra !

Vulgate

ὁ δὲ κύριος ἐν ναῷ ἁγίῳ αὐτοῦ· εὐλαβείσθω ἀπὸ προσώπου πᾶσα ἡ γῆ.

LXX

But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

ASV

וַֽ/יהוָ֖ה בְּ/הֵיכַ֣ל קָדְשׁ֑/וֹ הַ֥ס מִ/פָּנָ֖י/ו כָּל הָ/אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
הֵיכַ֣ל
hykl
noun · 79×
הָ֔ס
hs
verb · 7×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
קֹּ֑דֶשׁ
qdsh
noun · 463×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

Having withdrawn to the solitary life he made the same prayer again and he heard a voice saying to him, "Arsenius, flee, be silent, pray always, for these are the source of sinlessness."

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 22:7 — In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
  • Eph 2:21 — In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
  • Isa 6:1 — In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
  • Isa 41:1 — Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
  • Isa 47:5 — Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
  • Isa 66:1 — Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
  • Isa 66:6 — A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
  • Job 37:14 — Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
  • Job 40:4 — Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
  • Jonah 2:7 — When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
  • Josh 10:12 — Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, i
  • Mic 1:2 — Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holy temple.
  • Mic 1:2 — Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holy temple.
  • Ps 4:4 — Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
  • Ps 8:2 — Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
  • Ps 11:4 — The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
  • Ps 11:4 — The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
  • Ps 18:6 — In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
  • Ps 46:10 — Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
  • Ps 46:10 — Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
  • Ps 50:2 — Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
  • Ps 76:8 — Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
  • Ps 76:8 — Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
  • Ps 115:3 — But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
  • Ps 132:13 — For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
  • Rev 8:1 — And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
  • Zech 2:13 — Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
  • Zech 2:13 — Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
  • Zeph 1:7 — Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
  • Zeph 1:7 — Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.