Habakkuk 2:19
Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
Woe to him who says to the wood, ‘Awake!’ or to the mute stone, ‘Arise!’ Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all within it.
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- that
- 1 Kings 18:26–29; Psalm 97:7; Isaiah 44:17; Jeremiah 51:47; Daniel 3:7, 18, 29; Daniel 5:23; Jonah 1:5
- it is
- Isaiah 40:19; Isaiah 46:6; Jeremiah 10:4, 9; Daniel 3:1; Acts 17:29; Revelation 17:4
- and there
- Psalm 135:17