Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Surely the stone will cry out from the wall,
And the rafter will answer it from the framework.

King James Version

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

Holman Bible

For the stones will cry out from the wall,
and the rafters will answer them
from the woodwork.

International Standard Version

Indeed, the stone will cry out from the wall and the rafter will respond from the woodwork."

A Conservative Version

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

American Standard Version

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

Amplified


“For the stone will cry out from the wall [to accuse you—built in sin!]
And the rafter will answer it out of the woodwork.

Bible in Basic English

For the stone will give a cry out of the wall, and it will be answered by the board out of the woodwork.

Darby Translation

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

Julia Smith Translation

For the stone from the wall shall cry out, and the cross-beam from the wood shall answer it.

King James 2000

For the stone shall cry out from the wall, and the beam from the timber shall answer it.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For the stone will cry out from the wall, and [the] plaster from [the] wood will answer it.

Modern King James verseion

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

so that the very stones of the wall shall cry out of it, and the timber that lieth betwixt the joints of the building shall answer.

NET Bible

For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back.

New Heart English Bible

For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.

The Emphasized Bible

Surely, the stone out of the wall, will make outcry, - and, the tie out of the timber, will answer it.

Webster

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

World English Bible

For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.

Youngs Literal Translation

For a stone from the wall doth cry out, And a holdfast from the wood answereth it.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
of the wall
קירה קר קיר 
Qiyr 
Usage: 74

and the beam out
כּפיס 
Kaphiyc 
Usage: 1

of the timber
עץ 
`ets 
Usage: 329

ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

Doom On The Unrighteous

10 “You have devised a shameful thing for your house
By cutting off many peoples;
So you are sinning against yourself.
11 “Surely the stone will cry out from the wall,
And the rafter will answer it from the framework.
12 “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
And founds a town with violence!

Cross References

Luke 19:40

But Jesus answered, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!”

Joshua 24:27

Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be for a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of the Lord which He spoke to us; thus it shall be for a witness against you, so that you do not deny your God.”

Genesis 4:10

He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground.

Job 31:38-40

“If my land cries out against me,
And its furrows weep together;

Hebrews 12:24

and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.

James 5:3-4

Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!

Revelation 6:10

and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

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