Verse 1

Habakkuk 2:1

Geneva Bible

1 I will stand vpon my watch, and set me vpon the towre, and wil looke and see what he would say vnto mee, and what I shall answere to him that rebuketh me.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עַל מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֣/י אֶעֱמֹ֔דָה וְ/אֶֽתְיַצְּבָ֖ה עַל מָצ֑וֹר וַ/אֲצַפֶּ֗ה לִ/רְאוֹת֙ מַה יְדַבֶּר בִּ֔/י וּ/מָ֥ה אָשִׁ֖יב עַל תּוֹכַחְתִּֽ/י
English Translation
I will stand upon my guard and set myself upon the watchtower, and I will look to see what he will say to me and what I will answer concerning my reproof.
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Chapter 2 Context
1 I will stand vpon my watch, and set me vpon the towre, and wil looke and see what he would say vnto...
2 And the Lord answered me, and sayde, Write the vision, and make it plaine vpon tables, that he may r... Focus ↗
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the last it shall speake, and not lie: though it... Focus ↗
4 Beholde, he that lifteth vp himselfe, his minde is not vpright in him, but the iust shall liue by hi... Focus ↗
5 Yea, in deede the proude man is as hee that transgresseth by wine: therefore shall he not endure, be... Focus ↗
6 Shall not all these take vp a parable against him, and a tanting prouerbe against him, and say, Ho,... Focus ↗
7 Shall they not rise vp suddenly, that shall bite thee? and awake, that shall stirre thee? and thou s... Focus ↗
8 Because thou hast spoyled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoyle thee, because of... Focus ↗
9 Ho, he that coueteth an euil couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape... Focus ↗
10 Thou hast consulted shame to thine owne house, by destroying many people, and hast sinned against th... Focus ↗
11 For the stone shall crie out of the wall, and the beame out of the timber shall answere it. Focus ↗
12 Wo vnto him that buildeth a towne with blood, and erecteth a citie by iniquitie. Focus ↗
13 Beholde, is it not of the Lord of hostes that the people shall labour in ye very fire? the people sh... Focus ↗
14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters couer the s... Focus ↗
15 Wo vnto him that giueth his neighbour drinke: thou ioynest thine heate, and makest him drunken also,... Focus ↗
16 Thou art filled with shame for glorie: drinke thou also, and be made naked: the cup of the Lords rig... Focus ↗
17 For the crueltie of Lebanon shall couer thee: so shall the spoyle of the beastes, which made them af... Focus ↗
18 What profiteth the image? for the maker thereof hath made it an image, and a teacher of lies, though... Focus ↗
19 Wo vnto him that sayth to the wood, Awake, and to the dumme stone, Rise vp, it shall teach thee: beh... Focus ↗
20 But the Lord is in his holy Temple: let all the earth keepe silence before him. Focus ↗