Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Habakkuk 2:20

God's holinessStillness and meditationPraise and worshipFear

18 What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”

But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
Read the whole chapter

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
KJV
But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
WEB
But the LORD is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!”
ASV
But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
DARBY
But Jehovah is in his holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before him!
BLB
And YHWH [is] in the temple of His holiness; let all the earth be silent before Him.
ÅB
Men Herren er i sitt hellige tempel; vær stille for hans åsyn, all jorden!
[^1]: kaldeeren.
OTB
Men Herren bor i sitt hellige tempel.
La hele jorden være stille for Ham.”
B1930
Men Herren er i sitt hellige tempel; vær stille for hans åsyn, all jorden!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Zechariah 2:13

    Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”

    Read in context

  • Zephaniah 1:7

    Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.

    Read in context

  • Psalms 46:10

    “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”

    Read in context

  • Psalms 11:4

    The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 6:1

    In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.

    Read in context

  • Jonah 2:7

    As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.

    Read in context

  • Micah 1:2

    Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.

    Read in context

  • Psalms 76:8–9

    From heaven You pronounced judgment, and the earth feared and was still

    Read in context