Parallel Verses
King James Version
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
New American Standard Bible
And the rafter will answer it from the
Holman Bible
and the rafters will answer them
from the woodwork.
International Standard Version
Indeed, the stone will cry out from the wall and the rafter will respond from the woodwork."
A Conservative Version
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
American Standard Version
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Amplified
“For the stone will cry out from the wall [to accuse you—built in sin!]
And the rafter will answer it out of the woodwork.
Bible in Basic English
For the stone will give a cry out of the wall, and it will be answered by the board out of the woodwork.
Darby Translation
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Julia Smith Translation
For the stone from the wall shall cry out, and the cross-beam from the wood shall answer it.
King James 2000
For the stone shall cry out from the wall, and the beam from the timber shall answer it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For the stone will cry out from the wall, and [the] plaster from [the] wood will answer it.
Modern King James verseion
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
so that the very stones of the wall shall cry out of it, and the timber that lieth betwixt the joints of the building shall answer.
NET Bible
For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back.
New Heart English Bible
For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.
The Emphasized Bible
Surely, the stone out of the wall, will make outcry, - and, the tie out of the timber, will answer it.
Webster
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
World English Bible
For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.
Youngs Literal Translation
For a stone from the wall doth cry out, And a holdfast from the wood answereth it.
Themes
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Interlinear
'eben
Za`aq
Word Count of 20 Translations in Habakkuk 2:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Doom On The Unrighteous
10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. 11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. 12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Phrases
Names
Cross References
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.
Joshua 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 ye deny your God.
Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Job 31:38-40
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
Hebrews 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.
James 5:3-4
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.
Revelation 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?