Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
It
Though it tarries,
For it will certainly come, it
King James Version
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Holman Bible
it testifies about the end and will not lie.
Though it delays, wait for it,
since it will certainly come and not be late.
International Standard Version
For the revelation pertains to an appointed time it speaks truthfully about the end. Though it delays, wait for it, because it will surely come about it will not be late!
A Conservative Version
For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hastens toward the end, and shall not lay. Though it tarry, wait for it, because it will surely come. It will not delay.
American Standard Version
For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
Amplified
“For the vision is yet for the appointed [future] time
It hurries toward the goal [of fulfillment]; it will not fail.
Even though it delays, wait [patiently] for it,
Because it will certainly come; it will not delay.
Bible in Basic English
For the vision is still for the fixed time, and it is moving quickly to the end, and it will not be false: even if it is slow in coming, go on waiting for it; because it will certainly come, it will not be kept back.
Darby Translation
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but it hasteth to the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; for it will surely come, it will not delay.
Julia Smith Translation
For yet the vision for the appointment, and it shall breathe to the end, and it shall not lie: if it shall delay, wait for it; for coming, it will come; and it shall not delay.
King James 2000
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For [there is] yet a vision for the appointed time; it will give witness to the end, and it will not lie. If it tarries, wait for it, for it will surely come and not delay.
Modern King James verseion
For the vision is still for an appointed time, but it speaks to the end, and it does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it; because it will surely come. It will not tarry.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for the vision is yet far off for a time, but at the last it shall come to pass, and not fail. And though he tarry, yet wait thou for him, for in very deed he will come, and not be slack.
NET Bible
For the message is a witness to what is decreed; it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; for it will certainly come to pass -- it will not arrive late.
New Heart English Bible
For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won't prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won't delay.
The Emphasized Bible
For yet is the vision for an appointed time, still, it presseth towards an end, and will not deceive, - if it tarry, wait thou for it, for it, surely cometh, - will not be too late.
Webster
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it may tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
World English Bible
For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won't prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won't delay.
Youngs Literal Translation
For yet the vision is for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.
Themes
Predestination » The lord predestining
Prophecy » Respecting individuals, see under their names » Sure fulfillment of
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Context Readings
God's Second Answer
2
And the LORD answered me and said, Write the vision and make it plain upon tables that he may run that reads it.
3
It
Though it tarries,
For it will certainly come, it
Cross References
Psalm 27:14
Wait for the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say, for the LORD.
Daniel 10:14
Now I am come to make thee know what shall befall thy people in the latter days, for there shall still be vision for several days.
Psalm 102:13
Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion; for the time to favour her, the set time, is come.
Isaiah 30:18
And therefore will the LORD wait for you, that he may have mercy on you, and therefore will he be exalted having mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all those that wait for him.
Daniel 8:19
And he said, Behold, I will show thee that which is to come in the last end of the wrath; for at the time appointed this shall be fulfilled.
Exodus 12:41
And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even that same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
2 Kings 6:33
And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him; and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; for what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
Psalm 130:5-6
I have waited for the LORD, my soul has waited, and for his word I have waited.
Jeremiah 25:12-14
And it shall come to pass when seventy years are accomplished, that I will visit upon the king of Babylon and upon that people their own evil, said the LORD and upon the land of the Chaldeans and will make it perpetual desolations.
Lamentations 3:25-26
Teth The LORD is good unto those that wait in him, to the soul that seeks him.
Ezekiel 12:25
Because I, the LORD, will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall no longer be prolonged, for in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and will perform it, said the Lord GOD.
Daniel 8:17
So he came near where I stood, and with his coming, I was afraid and fell upon my face; and he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time appointed by God the vision shall be fulfilled.
Daniel 9:24-1
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city to finish the prevarication and to conclude the sin and to make reconciliation for iniquity and to bring in everlasting righteousness and seal the vision and the prophecy, and to anoint the Holy of Holies.
Daniel 11:27
And the heart of both these kings shall be to do evil, and at the same table they shall speak lies; but it shall not prosper, for the time appointed is not yet come.
Daniel 11:35
And some of the wise shall fall to be purged and cleaned and made white, even to the time of the end because even for this there is time appointed.
Luke 2:25
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
Galatians 4:2
but is under the hand of tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
2 Thessalonians 2:6-8
And ye know what impedes this now, that he might be revealed in his time.
Hebrews 10:36-37
for patience is necessary, so that after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
James 5:7-8
Be patient, therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently until it receives the early and latter rain.
2 Peter 2:3
and in covetousness they shall make merchandise of you with feigned words, upon whom the condemnation from a long time ago does not delay, and their perdition does not sleep.
Jeremiah 27:7
And all the Gentiles shall serve him and his son and his son's son, until the time of his own land shall come also; and many nations and great kings shall serve him.
Micah 7:7
Therefore I will wait for the LORD; I will wait for the God of my saving health; my God will hear me.
Luke 18:7-8
And shall not God avenge his own elect who cry day and night unto him though he bears long regarding them?
Acts 1:7
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father has put under his authority only.
Acts 17:26
and has made of one blood all the lineage of men to dwell on all the face of the earth and has determined the seasons (which he has limited) and the bounds of their habitation;