11 translations · Hebrew
Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.
Habakkuk 2:3 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.
- KJV King James Version
- For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- For yet the vision [is] for a season, || And it breathes for the end, and does not lie, || If it lingers, wait for it, || For surely it comes, it is not late.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- For the vision is for a future time, it is about the end and it does not lie. If it seems slow in being fulfilled, wait for it, for it will definitely come—it will not be delayed!
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- For yet the vision [is] for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.
- DBY Darby Translation
- For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but it hasteth to the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; for it will surely come, it will not delay.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it may tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it, because it will surely come. It won’t delay.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For as yet the vision is far off, and it shall appear at the end, and shall not lie: if it make any delay, wait for it: for it shall surely come, and it shall not be slack.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | kî | For | H3588 כִּי for |
| ע֤וֹד | ‘ō·wḏ | awaits | H5750 עוֹד still |
| חָזוֹן֙ | ḥā·zō·wn | the vision | H2377 חָזוֹן vision |
| לַמּוֹעֵ֔ד | lam·mō·w·‘êḏ | an appointed time | H4150 מוֹעֵד meeting: time appointed |
| וְיָפֵ֥חַ | wə·yā·p̄ê·aḥ | it testifies | H6315 פּוּחַ to breathe |
| לַקֵּ֖ץ | laq·qêṣ | of the end | H7093 קֵץ end |
| וְלֹ֣א | wə·lō | and does not | H3808 לֹא not |
| יְכַזֵּ֑ב | yə·ḵaz·zêḇ | lie | H3576 כָּזַב to lie |
| אִם־ | ’im- | Though | H518 אִם if |
| יִתְמַהְמָהּ֙ | yiṯ·mah·māh | it lingers | H4102 מָהַהּ to delay |
| חַכֵּה־ | ḥak·kêh- | wait | H2442 חָכָה to wait |
| ל֔וֹ | lōw | for it | H9005 ל to/for |
| כִּֽי־ | kî- | since | H3588 כִּי for |
| בֹ֥א | ḇō | it will surely come | H935 בּוֹא to come (in): come |
| יָבֹ֖א | yā·ḇō | — | H935 בּוֹא to come (in): come |
| לֹ֥א | lō | and will not | H3808 לֹא not |
| יְאַחֵֽר׃ | yə·’a·ḥêr | delay | H309 אָחַר to delay |
Related verses
- Psalm 27:14
Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.
- Hebrews 10:36–37
For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise. “In a very little while, he who comes will come, and will not wait.
- Ezekiel 12:25
For I am Yahweh. I will speak, and the word that I speak will be performed. It will be no more deferred; for in your days, rebellious house, I will speak the word, and will perform it,” says the Lord Yahweh.’”
- Lamentations 3:25–26
Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
- Psalm 102:13
You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.
- Psalm 130:5–6
I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the morning.
- Daniel 10:14
Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for many days.”
- James 5:7–8
Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain. You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
- Luke 18:7–8
Won’t God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them? I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
- Micah 7:7
But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 I will stand at my watch, and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
2 Yahweh answered me, “Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs may read it.
3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.
4 Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.
5 Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. A haughty man who doesn’t stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is like death, and can’t be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.
Read all of Habakkuk 2 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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