Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

New American Standard Bible

“For the earth will be filled
With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
As the waters cover the sea.

King James Version

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

Holman Bible

For the earth will be filled
with the knowledge of the Lord’s glory,
as the waters cover the sea.

International Standard Version

Indeed, the earth will be filled with knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as water fills the sea."

American Standard Version

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

Amplified


“But [the time is coming when] the earth shall be filled
With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
As the waters cover the sea.

Bible in Basic English

For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the sea is covered by the waters.

Darby Translation

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah as the waters cover the sea.

Julia Smith Translation

For the earth shall be filled to know the glory of Jehovah as the waters shall cover over the sea?

King James 2000

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh, like the waters covering the sea.

Modern King James verseion

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For the earth shall be full of knowledge of the LORD's honour, like as the waters that cover the sea.

NET Bible

For recognition of the Lord's sovereign majesty will fill the earth just as the waters fill up the sea.

New Heart English Bible

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

The Emphasized Bible

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh, - as, the waters, cover the sea.

Webster

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

World English Bible

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.

Youngs Literal Translation

For full is the earth of the knowledge of the honour of Jehovah, As waters cover the bottom of a sea.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

of the glory
כּבד כּבוד 
Kabowd 
Usage: 200

of the Lord

Usage: 0

as the waters
מים 
Mayim 
Usage: 581

כּסה 
Kacah 
Usage: 152

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Habakkuk 2:14

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Doom On The Unrighteous

13 Behold, is it not of LORD of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity? 14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of LORD, as the waters cover the sea. 15 Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, who adds thy venom, and also makes him drunken, that thou may look on their nakedness!

Cross References

Isaiah 11:9

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of LORD as the waters cover the sea.

Psalm 22:27

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to LORD, and all the kinfolk of the nations shall worship before thee.

Psalm 72:19

And blessed be his glorious name forever. And let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen.

Psalm 67:1-2

God be merciful to us, and bless us, [and] cause his face to shine upon us (Selah),

Psalm 86:9

All nations whom thou have made shall come and worship before thee, O LORD, and they shall glorify thy name.

Psalm 98:1-3

O sing to LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things. His right hand, and his holy arm, has wrought salvation for him.

Isaiah 6:3

And one cried to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is LORD of hosts. The whole earth is full of his glory.

Zechariah 14:8-9

And it shall come to pass in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea. In summer and in winter it shall be.

Revelation 11:15

And the seventh agent sounded, and great voices occurred in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will reign into the ages of the ages.

Revelation 15:4

Who will, no, not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name, because thou alone are holy? Because all the nations will come and worship before thee, because thy righteous deeds were made known.

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain