Habakkuk 2:11 “For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo i…”

Habakkuk 2:11

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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.

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.

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Cross references

“the stone”

Luke 19:40 Joshua 24:27 Job 31:38–40 Genesis 4:10 Hebrews 12:24 Revelation 6:10

Luke 19:40 · BSB

“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”

Joshua 24:27 · BSB

And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”

Job 31:38–40 · BSB

if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

Genesis 4:10 · BSB

“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

Hebrews 12:24 · BSB

to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

Revelation 6:10 · BSB

And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.

12Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!

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