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Habakkuk 2:3 — For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall…
“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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The verses around Habakkuk 2:3.
1I 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.
2And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
3For 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.
4Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
5Yea 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:
Verse explanation
God assures him that the answer, even if delayed, will happen at the right time — an invitation to wait patiently instead of giving up on faith.
From the Habakkuk 2 study in Bible in Stories.
Habakkuk 2:3 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
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.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Porque a visão ainda está para o tempo determinado, pois até ao fim fallará, e não mentirá: se tardar, espera-o, porque certamente virá, nem tardará.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Pois a visão ainda é para um tempo determinado, mas ao fim ela dará testemunho, e não mentirá; se tardar, espera, porque virá; não se atrasará.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Porque la visión es para un tiempo futuro. Es sobre el fin y no miente. ¡Si parece demorarse en su cumplimiento, espera, porque sin duda llegará y no tardará!
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