Habakkuk 2:2 KJV — MannaFest

Habakkuk 2:2

And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

KJV

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ASV

And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.

WEB

Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.

YLT

And Jehovah answereth me and saith: `Write a vision, and explain on the tables, That he may run who is reading it.

DBT

And Jehovah answered me and said, Write the vision, and engrave it upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.

About this book

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Habakkuk — A prophet in dialogue with God — two complaints, two answers, a psalm. ‘The just shall live by his faith’ — cited three times in the NT.

Author: Habakkuk the prophet (1:1)
Date: Late 7th c. BC, shortly before the Babylonian rise to dominance

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27 verses on the floor

Isaiah 30:8
Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
Revelation 1:18–19
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Deuteronomy 31:22
Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
Revelation 21:5–8
And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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He must write it, that he might imprint it on his own mind, and make it more clear to himself, but especially that it might be notified to those in distant places and transmitted to those in future ages. What is handed down by tradition is easily mistaken and liable to corruption; but what is written is reduced to a certainty, and preserved safe and pure.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

That not they only, but all other sinners like them, should perish under a divine woe. Those that are covetous, are greedy of wealth and honours,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

GROTIUS, LUDOVICUS DE DIEU, and MAURER interpret it: "Run" is not literal running, but "that he who reads it may run through it," that is, read it at once without difficulty.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Upon tables - What was of publick concern, and therefore to be published, was anciently written or engraven upon tables, smooth stones, or wood, and then hung up in a publick place to be read. May run - That none may need to stop, but every one may plainly and clearly discern what is written.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

HAB 2:2REV 14:13 REV 20:6
HAB 2:2REV 14:13 2TI 4:7-8
HAB 2:2REV 14:13 1TH 5:10
HAB 2:2ISA 30:8 DEU 31:19
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
HAB 2:2REV 14:13 HEB 4:9-11
HAB 2:2REV 14:13 1CO 15:58
HAB 2:2ISA 30:8 DEU 31:22
HAB 2:2ISA 30:8 ISA 8:1

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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