Habakkuk 2:1 Cross References - Coverdale

¹ I stode vpon my watch, and set me vpon my bulworke, to loke & se what he wolde saye vnto me, and what answere I shulde geue him yt reproueth me.

²⁴ As for Dauid, he sat betwene the two gates. And the watchman wente vp to ye toppe of the porte vpon the wall, and lifte vp his eyes, and sawe a man renninge alone,

¹⁷ But the watchman that stode vpon the tower at Iesrael, sawe the company of Iehu commynge, and sayde: I se a company. Then sayde Ioram: Take a charet, and sende to mete the, and saye: Is it peace?

⁹ and prouoked ye LORDE their God, and dyd secretly the thinges that were not righte in the sighte of ye LORDE their God: namely in that they buylded them hye places in all cities, both in castels and stronge cities,

⁵ That I might knowe, what answere he wolde geue me: & that I might vnderstonde, what he wolde saye vnto me. ⁶ Wil he pleate agaynst me with his greate power & strength, or wyll he leane him self vtterly vpon me? ⁷ Oh no, let him not do so with me. But let hym geue me like power to go to lawe, then am I sure to wynne my matter.

³⁵ O that I had one which wolde heare me. Lo, this is my cause. Let ye Allmightie geue me answere: & let him that is my cotrary party, sue me with a lybell.

³⁷ I haue tolde the nombre of my goinges, and delyuered them vnto him as to a prynce.

³ Heare my voyce by tymes (o LORDE) for early in the morninge wil I gett me vnto the, yee & yt wt diligece.

¹⁶ Then thought I to vnderstonde this, but it was to harde for me. ¹⁷ Vntill I wete in to ye Sanctuary of God, & considered the ende of these men.

⁸ I wil herken what the LORDE God wil saie, for he shal speake peace vnto his people and to his sayntes, that they turne not them selues vnto foolishnes.

⁵ Yee soone make redy the table (sayde this voyce) kepe the watch, eate and drynke: Vp ye captaynes, take you to youre shylde,

⁸ And the lyon cried: LORDE, I haue stonde waytinge all the whole daye, and haue kepte my watch all the night.

¹¹ The heuy burthen of Duma. One of Seir cried vnto me: watchman, what hast thou espied by night? Watchman, what hast thou espied by night? ¹² The watchman answered: The daye breaketh on, and the night is comynge: Yf youre request be earnest, then axe, and come agayne.

⁶ I wil set watchme vpo thy walles (o Ierusalem) which shall nether ceasse daye nor night, to preach ye LORDE. And ye also shall not kepe him close,

¹ O Lorde, thou art more rightuous, then that I shulde dispute with the: Neuertheles, let me talke with the in thinges reasonable. How happeneth it, that the waye off the vngodly is so prosperous? and that it goeth so wel with them, which (with out eny shame) offede and lyue in wickednesse?

¹² But thou o LORDE my God, my holy one, thou art from the begynnynge, therfore shal we not dye. O LORDE, thou hast ordened them for a punyshmet, and set them to reproue the mightie. ¹³ Thine eyes are clene, thou mayest not se euell, thou canst not beholde ye thinge that is wicked. Wherfore then dost thou loke vpon the vngodly, and holdest thy tunge, when the wicked deuoureth the man that is better the himself? ¹⁴ Thou makest men as the fish in the see, and like as the crepinge beestes, that haue no gyde. ¹⁵ They take vp all with their angle, they catch it in their net, & gather it in their yarne: wherof they reioyce and are glad. ¹⁶ Therfore offre they vnto their net, and do sacrifice vnto their yarne: because that thorow it their porcion is become so fat, and their meate so pleteous. ¹⁷ Wherfore they cast out their net agayne, & neuer ceasse to slaye the people.

³ seynge that ye seke experiece of him, which speaketh in me, euen Christ, which amonge you is not weake, but is mightie amoge you.

¹⁶ for to declare his sonne in me, that I shulde preach him thorow the Gospell amonge the Heythen, immediatly I commened not of the matter with flesh and bloude: