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Habakkuk 2:19

Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”

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ASV

Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

KJV

Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ה֣וֹיHowoe to!H1945 →
אֹמֵ֤ר'o.Mer[one who] saysH559 →
לָעֵץ֙la.'Etzto <the> woodH6086 →
הָקִ֔יצָהha.Ki.tzahwake up !H6974 →
ע֖וּרִי'U.riawakeH5782 →
לְאֶ֣בֶןle.'E.vento a stone ofH68 →
דּוּמָ֑םdu.MamsilenceH1748 →
ה֣וּאhu'itH1931 →
יוֹרֶ֔הyo.Rehwill it teach?H3384 →
הִנֵּה־hi.neh-there!H2009 →
ה֗וּאHu'itH1931 →
תָּפוּשׂ֙ta.Fus[is] sheathedH8610 →
זָהָ֣בza.HavgoldH2091 →
וָכֶ֔סֶףva.Khe.sefand silverH3701 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand anyH3605 →
ר֖וּחַRu.achbreathH7307 →
אֵ֥ין'einnotH369 →
בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃be.kir.Bo[is] <in> within itH7130 →

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Psalms 135:17they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.Daniel 5:4As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.Jeremiah 10:4They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.Jeremiah 10:5Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”1 Kings 18:26–29And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.Jeremiah 10:9Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.Hosea 4:12My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.Acts 17:29Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.Isaiah 44:17From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”Daniel 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.Jeremiah 10:14Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.Psalms 97:7All worshipers of images are put to shame— those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!Revelation 17:4The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.Isaiah 46:6They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.Isaiah 40:19To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?Daniel 3:29Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”Jeremiah 51:47Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.Daniel 3:1King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.

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