11The stones of the wall will cry out, and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.


In Context

8 Because you have plundered many nations, the peoples who are left will plunder you. For you have shed man's blood; you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

9 "Woe to him who builds his realm by unjust gain to set his nest on high, to escape the clutches of ruin!

10 You have plotted the ruin of many peoples, shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.

11 The stones of the wall will cry out, and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

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

13 Has not the Lord Almighty determined that the people's labor is only fuel for the fire, that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?

Habakkuk 2:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:11For the stone shall cry out of the wall: and the timber that is between the joints of the building, shall answer.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11For a stone from the wall doth cry out, And a holdfast from the wood answereth it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.