Habakkuk 2:19 “Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can…”

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Woe to him who says to the wood, ‘Awake!’ or to the mute stone, ‘Arise!’ Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all within it.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Wo vnto him that sayth to the wood, Awake, and to the dumme stone, Rise vp, it shall teach thee: beholde, it is layde ouer with golde and siluer, and there is no breath in it.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Woe [to] him who is saying to wood, 'Awake,' 'Stir up,' to a dumb stone, It a teacher! lo, it is overlaid — gold and silver, And there is no spirit in its midst.

Bible in Basic English

A curse on him who says to the wood, Awake! to the unbreathing stone, Up! let it be a teacher! See, it is plated with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all inside it.

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Cross references

“that”

1 Kings 18:26–29 Psalm 97:7 Isaiah 44:17 Jeremiah 51:47 Daniel 3:7 Daniel 3:18

1 Kings 18:26–29 · BSB

And 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…

Psalm 97:7 · BSB

All worshipers of images are put to shame— those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!

Isaiah 44:17 · BSB

From 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.”

Jeremiah 51:47 · BSB

Therefore, 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 3:7 · BSB

Therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, the people of every nation and language would fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebucha…

Daniel 3:18 · BSB

But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”

“it is”

Jeremiah 10:4 Jeremiah 10:9 Isaiah 40:19 Isaiah 46:6 Daniel 3:1 Acts 17:29

Jeremiah 10:4 · BSB

They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.

Jeremiah 10:9 · BSB

Hammered 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.

Isaiah 40:19 · BSB

To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?

Isaiah 46:6 · BSB

They 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.

Daniel 3:1 · BSB

King 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.

Acts 17:29 · BSB

Therefore, 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.

“and there”

Psalm 135:17

Psalm 135:17 · BSB

they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.

Also

Jeremiah 10:14

Jeremiah 10:14 · BSB

Every 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.

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

In context

18What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

20But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.

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