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Habakkuk 2

Hab. 2:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I will stand
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
upon my watch
mishmereth (Hebrew #4931)
watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concr.) the sentry, the post; obj. preservation, or (concr.) safe; fig. observance, i.e. (abstr.) duty or (obj.) a usage or party
KJV usage: charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.
Pronounce: mish-mer'-reth
Origin: fem. of 4929
, and set
yatsab (Hebrew #3320)
to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue
KJV usage: present selves, remaining, resort, set (selves), (be able to, can, with-) stand (fast, forth, -ing, still, up).
Pronounce: yaw-tsab'
Origin: a primitive root
me upon the ηtower
matsowr (Hebrew #4692)
from 6696; something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
KJV usage: besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.
Pronounce: maw-tsore'
Origin: or matsuwr {maw-tsoor'}
, ande will watch
tsaphah (Hebrew #6822)
properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
KJV usage: behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man).
Pronounce: tsaw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
to see
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
what he will say
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
κunto me, and what I shall answer
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
λwhen I am reproved
towkechah (Hebrew #8433)
from 3198; chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
KJV usage: argument, X chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, X be (often) reproved.
Pronounce: to-kay-khaw'
Origin: and towkachath {to-kakh'-ath}
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fenced place.
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Psa. 85:8• 8I will hear what *God, Jehovah, will speak; for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his godly ones: but let them not turn again to folly. (Psa. 85:8)
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or, in me.
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upon my reproof, or, arguing, or, when I am argued with.

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-4:  Unto Habakkuk, waiting for an answer, is shewn that he must wait by faith.
5-8:  The judgment upon the Chaldean for unsatiableness,
9-11:  for covetousness,
12-14:  for cruelty,
15-17:  for drunkenness,
18-20:  and for idolatry.
stand.
Psa. 73:16‑17• 16When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
 17Until I went into the sanctuaries of *God; then understood I their end. (Psa. 73:16‑17)
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Isa. 21:8,11‑12• 8And he cried as a lion, Lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights.
 11The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
 12The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire; return, come. (Isa. 21:8,11‑12)
tower.
Heb. fenced place.
2 Sam. 18:24• 24And David sat between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate, on to the wall, and lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man running alone. (2 Sam. 18:24)
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2 Kings 9:17• 17And the watchman stood on the tower in Jizreel, and saw Jehu's company as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? (2 Kings 9:17)
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2 Kings 17:9• 9And the children of Israel did secretly against Jehovah their God things that were not right; and they built them high places in all their cities, from the watchmen's tower to the fortified city. (2 Kings 17:9)
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Isa. 21:5• 5Prepare the table, appoint the watch; eat, drink: arise, ye princes, anoint the shield. (Isa. 21:5)
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Isa. 62:6• 6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, Jerusalem; all the day and all the night they shall never hold their peace: ye that put Jehovah in remembrance, keep not silence, (Isa. 62:6)
and will.
Hab. 1:12‑17• 12--Art thou not from everlasting, Jehovah my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast appointed him for correction.
 13Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on mischief: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and keepest silence when the wicked swalloweth up a man more righteous than he?
 14And thou makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them.
 15He taketh up all of them with the hook, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them into his drag; therefore he rejoiceth and is glad:
 16therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; for by them his portion is become fat, and his meat dainty.
 17Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to slay the nations continually? (Hab. 1:12‑17)
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Psa. 85:8• 8I will hear what *God, Jehovah, will speak; for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his godly ones: but let them not turn again to folly. (Psa. 85:8)
unto me.
or, in me.
2 Cor. 13:3• 3Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, (who is not weak towards you, but is powerful among you, (2 Cor. 13:3)
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Gal. 1:16• 16was pleased to reveal his Son in me, that I may announce him as glad tidings among the nations, immediately I took not counsel with flesh and blood, (Gal. 1:16)
when I am reproved.
or, when I am argued with.
Heb. upon myreproof, or arguing.
Job 23:5‑7• 5I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
 6Would he plead against me with his great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
 7There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge. (Job 23:5‑7)
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Job 31:35,37• 35Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!
 37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I come near to him. (Job 31:35,37)
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Jer. 12:1• 1Righteous art thou, Jehovah, when I plead with thee; yet will I speak with thee of thy judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously? (Jer. 12:1)
• I do not know why this verse should be dislocated from chapter 1, which it naturally closes. It is the conclusion of the question which had so sorely tried his spirit at first; not so much looking to events in providence but to see what Jehovah will say. (“Habakkuk 2” by W. Kelly)
• He does not watch merely to see what men will do, and thus be guided by sight; he watches to see what God will say, and thus walk by faith. (“Habakkuk” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.