Habakkuk 2:11

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

Free Bible Version

Even the stones in the wall cry out in condemnation, and the wooden rafters join in too.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the stone shall crie out of the wall, and the beame out of the timber shall answere it.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

Translation for Translators

It is as though the stones in the walls of your houses cry out to accuse you, and it is as though the beams in your ceilings also say the same things.

Unlocked Literal Bible

For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters of timber will answer them,

Noah Webster Bible

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Context

Woe to the Chaldeans

¹⁰You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life. ¹¹For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.

Summary

This verse speaks about the downfall of a city that has shed blood and built it up with wickedness. It highlights the consequences of violence and injustice, showing that such actions will ultimately lead to ruin and destruction. The verse serves as a warning against oppression and cruelty, emphasizing the importance of righteousness and justice in the eyes of God. It reminds readers that God sees all deeds, whether good or evil, and will bring judgment accordingly. Ultimately, it conveys the message that God's justice will prevail over all wickedness.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

The stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it - This appears to refer to the ancient mode of building walls; two or three courses of stone. and then one course of timber. See Kg1 6:36 : thus was the palace of Solomon built. The splendid and costly buildings of Babylon have been universally celebrated. But how were these buildings erected? By the spoils of conquered nations, and the expense of the blood of multitudes; therefore the stones and the timber are represented as calling out for vengeance against this ruthless conqueror.

John Gill Bible Commentary

For the stone shall cry out of the wall,.... Of their own house; some from among themselves, that truly feared God, seeing the evil practices done among them, and abhorring them, such as their covetousness, ambition, murders, excommunications, and anathemas, should cry out against them in their sermons and writings; such as were lively stones, eminent for religion and godliness, as Bernard, Wickliff, Huss, and others: and the beam out of the timber shall answer it; such as were of eminent note in things civil, as beams and rafters in the house; emperors and governors of provinces, who observed the complaints of godly ministers and people, answered to them, and checked the evil bishops and clergy, and hindered them in the pursuit of their schemes, and so brought them to shame and confusion. Aben Ezra observes, that the word signifies the hard place in the wood; or the harder part of it, the knotty part, or the knot in it; and which is confirmed by the use of the word in the Arabic language, as Hottinger (g) observes; and so may have respect to such persons as were raised up at the beginning of the Reformation, who were of rough dispositions, and hardy spirits, fit to go through the work they were called to; such as Luther, and others, who answered and were correspondent to the doctrines of those before mentioned, who preceded them: for not a beetle, as the Septuagint version, which breeds, and lives not in wood, and so represents heretics, as Jerom; much better, as some other Greek versions, a "worm"; though rather the word may signify a brick, as it is used by the Talmudists (h) for one of a span and a half, which answers well enough to a stone in the former clause; nor is it unusual with heathen writers (i) to represent stones and timbers speaking, when any criminal silence is kept; see Luk 19:40. (g) Smegma Orientale, l. 1. c. 7. p. 163. (h) T. Bava Metzia, fol. 117. 2. & Bathra, fol. 3. 1. (i) "----Secretum divitis ullum Esse putas? servi ut taceant, jumenta loquentur, Et canis, et postes, et marmora.----" Juvenal. Satyr. 9.

Habakkuk 2:11

Woe to the Chaldeans

¹⁰You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life. ¹¹For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.

Scripture
Sermons
Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

Free Bible Version

Even the stones in the wall cry out in condemnation, and the wooden rafters join in too.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the stone shall crie out of the wall, and the beame out of the timber shall answere it.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

Translation for Translators

It is as though the stones in the walls of your houses cry out to accuse you, and it is as though the beams in your ceilings also say the same things.

Unlocked Literal Bible

For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters of timber will answer them,

Noah Webster Bible

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Habakkuk 2:11

Verse

Context

Woe to the Chaldeans

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Habakkuk 2:11

Woe to the Chaldeans

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary