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Habakkuk 2:14

For full is the earth of the knowledge of the honour of Jehovah, As waters cover [the bottom of] a sea.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

In Context

13Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?

15Woe [to] him who is giving drink to his neighbour, Pouring out thy bottle, and also making drunk, In order to look on their nakedness.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:27Remember and return unto Jehovah, Do all ends of the earth, And before Thee bow themselves, Do all families of the nations,

Psalms 72:19And blessed [is] the Name of His honour to the age, And the whole earth is filled [with] His honour. Amen, and amen!

Psalms 98:1A Psalm. Sing ye to Jehovah a new song, For wonders He hath done, Given salvation to Him hath His right hand and His holy arm.

Isaiah 11:9Evil they do not, nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For full hath been the earth with the knowledge of Jehovah, As the waters are covering the sea.

Ezekiel 47:5And he measureth a thousand — a stream that I am not able to pass over; for risen have the waters — waters to swim in — a stream that is not passed over.

Zechariah 14:8And it hath come to pass, in that day, Go forth do living waters from Jerusalem, Half of them unto the eastern sea, And half of them unto the western sea, In summer and in winter it is.

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:6-15

Judgment Predicted; Judgment of the King of Babylon. ( b. c. 600.) 5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! 7 Shall… Read the whole commentary →

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