HAB 2:1 Parallel Verse View

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ULT I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the watchtower,
 ⇔ and I will watch carefully to see what he will say to me
 ⇔ and how I should turn from my complaint.[fn]

Instead of how I should turn from my complaint, which is what the Hebrew text has, some modern versions have how I should answer when he replies to my complaint or how I should answer when he rebukes me.

UST After I said that, I said to myself, “I will climb up into my guard post,
⇔ and stand there in my watchtower.
 ⇔ I will wait there to find out what Yahweh will say,
⇔ what he will reply and how I should answer.”

BSB  ⇔ 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.

OEB I will take my stand on my watch-tower,
⇔ and station myself on a turret.
 ⇔ I will watch to see what the Lord will say to me,
⇔ what answer he will make to my complaint.

WEB I will stand at my watch and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.

NET I will stand at my watch post;
 ⇔ I will remain stationed on the city wall.
 ⇔ I will keep watching, so I can see what he says to me
 ⇔ and can know how I should answer
 ⇔ when he counters my argument.

LSV On my charge I stand, and I station myself on a bulwark, and I watch to see what He speaks against me, and what I reply to my reproof.

FBV I will climb my watchtower; I will take my place on the city wall. I will keep watch and see what he will say to me, how he will answer my grievances.

T4T After I said that, I said to myself, “I will climb up into my watchtower,
⇔ and stand there at my guard post.
 ⇔ I will wait there to find out what Yahweh will say,
⇔ what he will reply to what I have complained about.”

LEB No LEB HAB 2:1 verse available

BBE I will take my position and be on watch, placing myself on my tower, looking out to see what he will say to me, and what answer he will give to my protest.

MOF No MOF HAB book available

JPS I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look out to see what He will speak by me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

ASV I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint.

DRA I 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.

YLT On my charge I stand, and I station myself on a bulwark, and I watch to see what He doth speak against me, and what I do reply to my reproof.

DBY I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer as to my reproof.

RV I WILL stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint.

WBS I will stand upon my watch, and seat myself upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

KJB 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.[fn][fn][fn]
(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.)

2.1 tower: Heb. fenced place

2.1 unto me: or, in me

2.1 when…: or, when I am argued with: Heb. upon my reproof, or, arguing

BB I will stande vpon my watche, and set me vpon the towre, & will loke, and see what he will say vnto me, and what I shall aunswere to him that rebuketh me.
(I will stand upon my watche, and set me upon the towre, and will loke, and see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer to him that rebuketh me.)

GNV I will stand vpon my watch, and set me vpon the towre, and wil looke and see what he would say vnto mee, and what I shall answere to him that rebuketh me.
(I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the towre, and will look and see what he would say unto mee, and what I shall answer to him that rebuketh me. )

CB 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.
(I stood upon my watch, and set me upon my bulworke, to look and see what he would say unto me, and what answer I should give him it reproueth me.)

WYC On my kepyng Y schal stonde, and schal pitche a grees on wardyng; and Y schal biholde, that Y se what thing schal be seid to me, and what Y schal answere to hym that repreuith me.
(On my kepyng I shall stonde, and shall pitche a grees on wardyng; and I shall biholde, that I see what thing shall be said to me, and what I shall answer to him that repreuith me.)

LUT Hie stehe ich auf meiner Hut und trete auf meine Feste und schaue und sehe zu, was mir gesagt werde, und was ich antworten solle dem, der mich schilt.
(Hie stehe I on my Hut and trete on my Feste and schaue and sehe zu, was to_me gesagt become, and was I antworten solle to_him, the me schilt.)

CLV [Super custodiam meam stabo, et figam gradum super munitionem: et contemplabor ut videam quid dicatur mihi, et quid respondeam ad arguentem me.]
([Super custodiam meam stabo, and figam gradum super munitionem: and contemplabor as videam quid dicatur mihi, and quid respondeam to arguentem me.] )

BRN I will stand upon my watch, and mount upon the rock, and watch to see what he will say by me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

BrLXX Ἐπὶ τῆς φυλακῆς μου στήσομαι, καὶ ἐπιβήσομαι ἐπὶ πέτραν, καὶ ἀποσκοπεύσω τοῦ ἰδεῖν τί λαλήσει ἐν ἐμοὶ, καὶ τί ἀποκριθῶ ἐπὶ τὸν ἔλεγχόν μου.
(Epi taʸs fulakaʸs mou staʸsomai, kai epibaʸsomai epi petran, kai aposkopeusō tou idein ti lalaʸsei en emoi, kai ti apokrithō epi ton elegⱪon mou. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the watchtower

(Some words not found in UHB: on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in guard_post,my stand and,station on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in rampart and,keep_watch to=see what? say in/on/at/with,me and,what answer on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in complaint,my )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing.

(Occurrence 0) to see what he will say to me

Alternate translation: “to see what Yahweh will say to me”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) how I should turn from my complaint

Here the word “turn” refers to returning an answer. Habakkuk considers what answer he will give concerning the things that he has said.

Parallel HAB 2:1