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Habakkuk 2:3

Waiting on GodPatienceHopeGod's faithfulness

1 I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.

2 Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.

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.

4 Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright — but the righteous will live by faith —

5 and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
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
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.
DARBY
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but it hasteth to the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; for it will surely come, it will not delay.
BLB
For [is] yet the vision for an appointed time, and it breathes of the end, and it will not lie; if it lingers, wait for it, because it will surely come and will not delay.
ÅB
For enda må synet vente på sin tid; men det haster mot enden og lyver ikke. Om det drøyer, så bi etter det! For komme skal det, det skal ikke utebli.
OTB
For synet vil gå i oppfyllelse til sin fastsatte tid;
Det haster mot målet og vil ikke svikte.
Om det drøyer, vent på det;
For det vil sikkert komme, det vil ikke være sent.
B1930
For ennu må synet vente på sin tid; men det haster mot enden og lyver ikke. Om det dryger, så bi efter det! For komme skal det, det skal ikke utebli.

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