Habakkuk 2:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיהוָ֖ה בְּהֵיכַ֣ל קָדְשׁ֑וֹ הַ֥ס מִפָּנָ֖יו כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ פ

Transliteration

But YHWH bĕhêkal qodšô. Has mippānāyw all hāʾāreṣ.

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
*bĕhêkal*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - in temple of
*qodšô*: noun, masculine, singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his holiness
*has*: interjection - hush/be silent
*mippānāyw*: preposition + noun, masculine, plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - from his face
*hāʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine, singular with definite article - the earth

Word Meanings

*bĕhêkal qodšô*: in his holy temple/in the temple of his holiness
*has*: hush/be silent/keep silence
*mippānāyw*: before him/from his presence/from his face

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Zech 2:13 : 13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
Zeph 1:7 : 7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
Ps 11:4 : 4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Ps 46:10 : 10 Be still{H8685)}, and know{H8798)} that I am God: I will be exalted{H8799)} among the heathen, I will be exalted{H8799)} in the earth.
Jonah 2:7 : 7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
Mic 1:2 : 2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
Eph 2:21-22 : 21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: 22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Ps 76:8-9 : 8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard{H8689)} from heaven; the earth feared{H8804)}, and was still{H8804)}, 9 When God arose{H8800)} to judgment, to save{H8687)} all the meek of the earth. Selah.
Ps 115:3 : 3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
Isa 6:1 : 1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
Isa 66:6 : 6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
Jonah 2:4 : 4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

Similar Verses (AI)

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13Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
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Isa 41:1
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1Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
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Ps 29:9
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Ps 46:10
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