Habakkuk 2:14

Habakkuk 2:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
• New International Version (NIV)For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, As the waters cover the sea.

Context of Habakkuk 2:14

12“ ‘How horrible it will be for the one who builds a city by slaughter and founds a town by crime.’ 13Isn’t it from the Lord of Armies that people grow tired only to feed the flames and nations exhaust themselves for nothing? But the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord’s glory like the water covers the sea. 15“ ‘How horrible it will be for the one who makes his neighbor drink from the bowl of God’s rage, making him drunk in order to stare at his nakedness.’ 16You are filled with disgrace rather than glory. Drink! Yes you! And expose yourself as godless. The cup in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.

Habakkuk 2:14 word by word

כִּ֚י תִּמָּלֵ֣א הָאָ֔רֶץ לָדַ֖עַת אֶת־כְּב֣וֹד יְהוָ֑ה כַּמַּ֖יִם יְכַסּ֥וּ עַל־יָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• shall be filledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• with the knowledgeיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• of the gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• as the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• coverכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Habakkuk 2:14

• Psalms 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and return to the Lord. All the families from all the nations will worship you
• Psalms 67:1May God have pity on us and bless us! May he smile on us. Selah
• Psalms 72:19Thanks be to his glorious name forever. May the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and amen!
• Psalms 86:9All the nations that you have made will bow in your presence, O Lord. They will honor you.
• Psalms 98:1Sing a new song to the Lord because he has done miraculous things. His right hand and his holy arm have gained victory for him.
• Isaiah 6:3They called to each other and said, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Armies! The whole earth is filled with his glory.”
• Isaiah 11:9They will not hurt or destroy anyone anywhere on my holy mountain. The world will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord like water covering the sea.
• Zechariah 14:8On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it to the Dead Sea and the other half to the Mediterranean Sea. It will continue in summer and in winter.
• Revelation 11:15When the seventh angel blew his trumpet, there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will rule as king forever and ever.”
• Revelation 15:4Lord, who won’t fear and praise your name? You are the only holy one, and all the nations will come to worship you because they know about your fair judgments.”

Commentaries on Habakkuk 2:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14For the earth shall be filled - This is a singular and important verse. It may be first applied to Babylon. God's power and providence shall be widely displayed in the destruction of this city and empire, in the humiliation of Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel 4:37, and in the captivity and restoration of his people. See Newcome, and see Isaiah 11:9. Secondly. It may be applied to the glorious days of the Messiah. The land of Judea should by his preaching, and that…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord - Habakkuk modifies in a degree the words of Isaiah which he embodies, marking that the destruction of Babylon was a stage only toward the coming of those good things which God taught His people to long for, not their very coming. All the world should be then full of the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, not, as yet, wholly of Himself Jerome: “When Babylon shall be overthrown…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 The prophet reads the doom of all proud and oppressive powers that bear hard upon God's people. The lusts of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life, are the entangling snares of men; and we find him that led Israel captive, himself led captive by each of these. No more of what we have is to be reckoned ours, than what we come honestly by. Riches are but clay, thick clay; what are gold and silver but white and yellow earth? Those…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-14In the third taunt song, the Babylonians face condemnation for their murder and corruption, which they used to gain wealth and build their cities. God will turn their apparent gain into a total loss. Earth will be filled: Unlike violence and stolen wealth, the awareness of the Lord's glory will spread as widely as water in the ocean (Isaiah 11:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Adapted from Is 11:9. Here the sense is, "The Jews shall be restored and the temple rebuilt, so that God's glory in saving His people, and punishing their Chaldean foe, shall be manifested throughout the world," of which the Babylonian empire formed the greatest part; a type of the ultimate full manifestation of His glory in the final salvation of Israel and His Church, and the destruction of all their foes. waters cover the sea--namely, the bottom of…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Habakkuk 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings