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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.

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כִּיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אֶ֖בֶןevenstoneאֶבֶןnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “stone”, the ordinary formH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).מִקִּ֣ירmiqirfrom wallקִירpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from wall”, the ordinary formH7023a wall (as built in a trench)[phrase] mason, side, town, [idiom] very, wall.תִּזְעָ֑קtizaqassembleזָעַקverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “assemble”, an unfinished actionH2199to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publiclyassemble, call (together), (make a) cry (out), come with such a company, gather (together), cause to be proclaimed.וְכָפִ֖יסvekhafisand beamכָּפִיסconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and beam”, the ordinary formH3714a girderbeam.מֵעֵ֥ץmeetsfrom treeעֵץpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from tree”, the ordinary formH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.יַעֲנֶֽנָּהyaanenahshoutעָנָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “shout”, an unfinished actionH6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announcegive account, afflict (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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