Habakkuk 2:1

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

At my guard post I will stand, and I will take my stand on the rampart, and I will watch to see what He will say to me, and what I will return upon my reproof.

Latin

Super custodiam meam stabo, et figam gradum super munitionem: et contemplabor ut videam quid dicatur mihi, et quid respondeam ad arguentem me.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

Habakkuk 2:1

I will stand at my guard post: Like a sentinel on duty (a guard who watches for danger), Habakkuk waited with care and expectation to see how the Lord would answer his complaint. He was ready to listen, even if the Lord corrected him (see also 2 Samuel 18:24–28; 2 Kings 9:17–20; Ezekiel 33:2–6).

Habakkuk 1:12–2:1

Habakkuk struggled to understand how God's answer in Habakkuk 1:5–11 fit with God's character. How could a holy and just God punish Judah using a people more unrighteous than they were?

Events

Prophecies of Habakkukc. 607 BC

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I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

Glossary

Book of Habakkuk Perseverance

Topics

Towers: Watchmen Posted On, in Times of Danger Vessels Watchfulness: General Scriptures Concerning Watchfulness: Motives to Expected Direction from God

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