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Habakkuk 2:2

And the Lord answered me and said, Write the vision, and that plainly on a tablet, that he that reads it may run.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1I will stand upon my watch, and mount upon the rock, and watch to see what he will say by me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

3For the vision is yet for a time, and it shall shoot forth at the end, and not in vain: though he should wait, wait for him; for he will surely come, and will not wait.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:19And now write the words of this song, and teach it to the children of Israel, and you⌃ shall put it into their mouth, that this song may witness for me among the children of Israel to their face.

Isaiah 8:1And the Lord said to me, Take to yourself a volume of a great new + 8:1 Alex. paper, or, parchment. book, and write in it with a man's pen concerning the making a rapid plunder of spoils; for it is near at hand.

Jeremiah 36:2(after the departure of Jechonias the king and the queen, and the eunuchs, and every freeman, and bondman, and artificer, out of Jerusalem;)

Daniel 7:1In the first year of Baltasar, king of the Chaldeans Daniel had a dream, and visions of his head upon his bed: and he wrote his dream.

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:2-5

Waiting upon God; The People Directed. ( b. c. 600.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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