2And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.


In Context

1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

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

3 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.

4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

Habakkuk 2:2 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:2Then the Lord replied: "Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And the Lord answered me, and said: Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables: that he that readeth it may run over it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2And Jehovah answered me and said, Write the vision, and engrave it upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2Yahweh answered me, |Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs may read it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2And Jehovah answereth me and saith: 'Write a vision, and explain on the tables, That he may run who is reading it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain on tables, that he may run that reads it.