Habakkuk 2:2
Good News Translation
The LORD gave me this answer: "Write down clearly on tablets what I reveal to you, so that it can be read at a glance.

New Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD answered me and said: Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so that a runner may read it.

Contemporary English Version
Then the LORD told me: "I will give you my message in the form of a vision. Write it clearly enough to be read at a glance.

New American Bible
Then the LORD answered me and said: Write down the vision; Make it plain upon tablets, so that the one who reads it may run.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord answered me, and said: Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables: that he that readeth it may run over it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the Lord answered me, and said: Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables: that he that readeth it may run over it.

Write.

Deuteronomy 27:8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law plainly and clearly.

Deuteronomy 31:19,22 Now therefore write you this canticle, and teach the children of Israel: that they may know it by heart, and sing it by mouth, and this song may be unto me for a testimony among the children of Israel. . . .

Isaiah 8:1 And the Lord said to me: Take thee a great book, and write in it with a man's pen. Take away the spoils with speed, quickly take the prey.

Isaiah 30:8 Now therefore go in and write for them upon box, and note it diligently in a book, and it shall be in the latter days for a testimony for ever.

Jeremiah 36:2-4,27-32 Take thee a roll of a book, and thou shalt write in it all the words that I have spoken to thee against Israel and Juda, and against all the nations from the day that I spoke to thee, from the days of Josias even to this day. . . .

Daniel 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time appointed: many shall pass over, and knowledge shall be manifold.

Revelation 1:18,19 And alive, and was dead. And behold I am living for ever and ever and have the keys of death and of hell. . . .

Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven, saying to me: Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. From henceforth now, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours. For their works follow them.

Revelation 19:9 And he said to me: Write: Blessed are they that are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith to me: These words of God are true.

Revelation 21:5-8 And he that sat on the throne, said: Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me: Write. For these words are most faithful and true. . . .

make.

John 11:28,29 And when she had said these things, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying: The master is come and calleth for thee. . . .

1 Corinthians 14:19 But in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also: than ten thousand words in a tongue.

2 Corinthians 3:12 Having therefore such hope, we use much confidence.

Context
The LORD Answers Again
1I will stand upon my watch, and fix my foot upon the tower: and I will watch, to see what will be said to me, and what I may answer to him that reproveth me. 2And the Lord answered me, and said: Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables: that he that readeth it may run over it.3For as yet the vision is far off, and it shall appear at the end, and shall not lie: if it make any delay, wait for it: for it shall surely come, and it shall not be slack.…
Cross References
Romans 15:4
For what things soever were written were written for our learning: that, through patience and the comfort of the scriptures, we might have hope.

Revelation 1:19
Write therefore the things which thou hast seen: and which are: and which must be done hereafter.

Deuteronomy 27:8
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law plainly and clearly.

Isaiah 8:1
And the Lord said to me: Take thee a great book, and write in it with a man's pen. Take away the spoils with speed, quickly take the prey.

Jeremiah 30:2
Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, saying: Write thee all the words that I have spoken to thee, in a book.

Jeremiah 36:2
Take thee a roll of a book, and thou shalt write in it all the words that I have spoken to thee against Israel and Juda, and against all the nations from the day that I spoke to thee, from the days of Josias even to this day.

Habakkuk 2:1
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