KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Habakkuk 2:3
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For yet the vision is for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.
Surrounding context — Habakkuk 2
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.
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!
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּ֣יH3588 · kiforע֤וֹדH5750 · odstillחָזוֹן֙H2377 · cha.zonvisionלַמּוֹעֵ֔דH4150 · mo.edmeeting: time appointedוְיָפֵ֥חַH6315 · pu.achto breatheלַקֵּ֖ץH7093 · qetsendוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיְכַזֵּ֑בH3576 · ka.zavto lieאִם־H518 · imifיִתְמַהְמָהּ֙H4102 · ma.hahto delayחַכֵּה־H2442 · cha.khahto waitל֔וֹH9033 · ohimכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforבֹ֥אH935 · boto come (in): comeיָבֹ֖אH935 · boto come (in): comeלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotיְאַחֵֽר׃H309 · a.charto delay
Cross-references
Psalm 27:14Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.Hebrews 10:36-37For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.Ezekiel 12:25For I [am] the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.Lamentations 3:25-26The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.Psalm 102:13Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.Psalm 130:5-6I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.Daniel 10:14Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision [is] for [many] days.James 5:7-8Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.Micah 7:7Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.Luke 18:7-8And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?Isaiah 30:18And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.2 Thessalonians 2:6-8And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.Acts 1:7And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.Daniel 11:35And [some] of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make [them] white, [even] to the time of the end: because [it is] yet for a time appointed.Daniel 8:19And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end [shall be].Jeremiah 25:12-14And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, [that] I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.Daniel 8:17So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end [shall be] the vision.Galatians 4:2But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
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