And the Lord said, “What have you done? Listen; your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!
Habakkuk 2:11 - New Revised Standard Version The very stones will cry out from the wall, and the plaster will respond from the woodwork. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the stone shall cry out of the wall [built in sin, to accuse you], and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it [agreeing with its charge against you]. American Standard Version (1901) For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. Common English Bible A stone will cry out from a village wall, and a tree branch will respond. Catholic Public Domain Version For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the wood that is between the joints of the building will respond. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the stone shall cry out of the wall: and the timber that is between the joints of the building, shall answer. |
And the Lord said, “What have you done? Listen; your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!
Cry aloud to the Lord! O wall of daughter Zion! Let tears stream down like a torrent day and night! Give yourself no rest, your eyes no respite!
He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out.”
and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
Joshua said to all the people, “See, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of the Lord that he spoke to us; therefore it shall be a witness against you, if you deal falsely with your God.”
they cried out with a loud voice, “Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long will it be before you judge and avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth?”