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


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.

Habakkuk 2:2 in Other Translations

The King James 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 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 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.