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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/habakkuk/2.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/habakkuk/2.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/habakkuk/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For as the waters fill the sea, the earth will be filled with an awareness of the glory of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/habakkuk/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/habakkuk/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/habakkuk/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/habakkuk/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/habakkuk/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/habakkuk/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/habakkuk/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/habakkuk/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh, As the waters cover the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/habakkuk/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/habakkuk/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD’s glory, as the water covers the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/habakkuk/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD&#8217s glory, as the waters cover the sea. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/habakkuk/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/habakkuk/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Just as water fills the sea, the land will be filled with people who know and honor the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/habakkuk/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/habakkuk/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD's glory like the water covers the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/habakkuk/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But the earth will be as full of the knowledge of the LORD's glory as the seas are full of water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/habakkuk/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Indeed, the earth will be filled with knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as water fills the sea."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/habakkuk/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/habakkuk/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For recognition of the LORD's sovereign majesty will fill the earth just as the waters fill up the sea. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/habakkuk/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/habakkuk/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/habakkuk/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of Yahweh’s glory, as the waters cover the sea. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/habakkuk/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For the earth is full of the knowledge of the glory of YHWH, "" As the waters cover over a sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/habakkuk/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For full is the earth of the knowledge of the honour of Jehovah, As waters cover the bottom of a sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/habakkuk/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For the earth shall be filled to know the glory of Jehovah as the waters shall cover over the sea?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/habakkuk/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For the earth shall be filled, that men may know the glory of the Lord, as waters covering the sea. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/habakkuk/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For the earth shall be filled, that they might know the glory of the Lord, like the waters spreading over the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/habakkuk/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the LORD’s glory, just as the water covers the sea. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/habakkuk/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/habakkuk/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/habakkuk/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because the Earth shall be filled to know the glory of LORD JEHOVAH as the waters that cover the sea<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/habakkuk/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For the earth shall be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/habakkuk/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord; it shall cover them as water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/habakkuk/2-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ryPix4COoVE?start=340" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/habakkuk/2.htm">Woe to the Chaldeans</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain? <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: tim·mā·lê (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fs) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">will be filled</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: lā·ḏa·‘aṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">with the knowledge</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">of</a> <a href="/hebrew/3519.htm" title="3519: kə·ḇō·wḏ (N-msc) -- Rarely kabod; from kabad; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness.">the glory</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: kam·ma·yim (Prep-k, Art:: N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">as the waters</a> <a href="/hebrew/3680.htm" title="3680: yə·ḵas·sū (V-Piel-Imperf-3mp) -- To cover. A primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. Fill up hollows; by implication, to cover.">cover</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: yām (N-ms) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">the sea.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-9.htm">Isaiah 11:9</a></span><br />They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-21.htm">Numbers 14:21</a></span><br />“Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/72-19.htm">Psalm 72:19</a></span><br />And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-3.htm">Isaiah 6:3</a></span><br />And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-5.htm">Isaiah 40:5</a></span><br />And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/19-1.htm">Psalm 19:1-4</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. / Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. / Without speech or language, without a sound to be heard, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-34.htm">Jeremiah 31:34</a></span><br />No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/14-9.htm">Zechariah 14:9</a></span><br />On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-17.htm">Ephesians 1:17-18</a></span><br />that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him. / I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/1-9.htm">Colossians 1:9-10</a></span><br />For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, / so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-6.htm">2 Corinthians 4:6</a></span><br />For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-33.htm">Romans 11:33</a></span><br />O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/13-12.htm">1 Corinthians 13:12</a></span><br />Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/17-3.htm">John 17:3</a></span><br />Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-8.htm">Philippians 3:8-10</a></span><br />More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ / and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith. / I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.</p><p class="hdg">the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/22-27.htm">Psalm 22:27</a></b></br> All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/67-1.htm">Psalm 67:1,2</a></b></br> To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm <i>or</i> Song. God be merciful unto us, and bless us; <i>and</i> cause his face to shine upon us; Selah… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/72-19.htm">Psalm 72:19</a></b></br> And blessed <i>be</i> his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled <i>with</i> his glory; Amen, and Amen.</p><p class="hdg">with the knowledge of the glory.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/amos/9-3.htm">Bottom</a> <a href="/nahum/3-17.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/micah/7-10.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-8.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/nahum/2-12.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-15.htm">Full</a> <a href="/nahum/2-9.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/nahum/1-2.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-14.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/nahum/3-14.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/zechariah/1-8.htm">Bottom</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-16.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-16.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-17.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-16.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-16.htm">Full</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-16.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/haggai/2-3.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-8.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Habakkuk 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-1.htm">Unto Habakkuk, waiting for an answer, is shown that he must wait by faith.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-5.htm">The judgment upon the Chaldean for unsatiableness,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-9.htm">for covetousness,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-12.htm">for cruelty,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-15.htm">for drunkenness,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-18.htm">and for idolatry.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/habakkuk/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/habakkuk/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/habakkuk/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For the earth will be filled</b><br>This phrase speaks to a future time when the entire earth will experience a transformation. The prophetic nature of this statement suggests a universal change, aligning with other biblical prophecies that envision a time when God's presence and truth will be universally acknowledged. This echoes the promise made to Abraham that through his offspring all nations on earth will be blessed (<a href="/genesis/12-3.htm">Genesis 12:3</a>).<p><b>with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD</b><br>The "knowledge of the glory of the LORD" implies an intimate understanding and recognition of God's majesty and holiness. This is not merely intellectual knowledge but a deep, experiential awareness of God's presence and power. The glory of the LORD often refers to His manifest presence, as seen in the tabernacle and temple (<a href="/exodus/40-34.htm">Exodus 40:34-35</a>, <a href="/1_kings/8-10.htm">1 Kings 8:10-11</a>). This knowledge is transformative, leading to worship and reverence.<p><b>as the waters cover the sea</b><br>This simile emphasizes the completeness and thoroughness of the coverage. Just as waters completely fill the sea, so will the knowledge of God's glory permeate the earth. This imagery is also found in <a href="/isaiah/11-9.htm">Isaiah 11:9</a>, which speaks of a future time of peace and righteousness under the reign of the Messiah. The sea, vast and all-encompassing, symbolizes the totality of God's glory being recognized and revered across the globe.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/habakkuk.htm">Habakkuk</a></b><br>A prophet in the Old Testament who dialogues with God about the justice and righteousness of His actions, particularly concerning the impending Babylonian invasion.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal existence and faithfulness to His promises.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a></b><br>Represents the entirety of creation, highlighting the universal scope of God's glory and knowledge.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sea.htm">The Sea</a></b><br>Used metaphorically to describe the vastness and completeness with which God's glory will fill the earth.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_invasion.htm">Babylonian Invasion</a></b><br>The historical context of Habakkuk's prophecy, where God uses Babylon as an instrument of judgment against Judah.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_plan.htm">The Certainty of God's Plan</a></b><br>God's promise that the earth will be filled with His glory is certain and unchangeable. Believers can trust in His ultimate plan for creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_universality_of_god's_glory.htm">The Universality of God's Glory</a></b><br>God's glory is not limited to a specific people or place but is destined to cover the entire earth. This calls Christians to participate in spreading the knowledge of God globally.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_transformative_power_of_god's_knowledge.htm">The Transformative Power of God's Knowledge</a></b><br>As the knowledge of God increases, it transforms lives and societies. Believers are called to grow in their understanding of God and reflect His glory in their daily lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_amidst_judgment.htm">Hope Amidst Judgment</a></b><br>Even in times of judgment and difficulty, God's promise of a future filled with His glory provides hope and assurance to His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/active_participation_in_god's_mission.htm">Active Participation in God's Mission</a></b><br>Christians are invited to be active participants in God's mission to fill the earth with His knowledge and glory, through evangelism, discipleship, and living out the gospel.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_habakkuk_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Habakkuk 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_isn't_god's_knowledge_universal_yet.htm">(Habakkuk 2:14) If the earth is to be filled with the knowledge of God, why has this vision not been universally observed throughout recorded history? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_11_compare_to_other_prophecies.htm">How do these prophecies in Isaiah 11 compare with other biblical texts that seem to describe different scenarios for the Messiah and end times?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_the_messianic_age.htm">What defines the Messianic Age?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_the_millennium.htm">What defines the concept of the Millennium?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/habakkuk/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">With the knowledge.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">as concerns the knowledge.</span> See the same promise in <a href="/isaiah/11-9.htm" title="They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.">Isaiah 11:9</a>. It is here introduced in contrast to the short-lived glory of Babylon. The enslaved nations raised the Babylonian palaces only for the fire to destroy them. But Jehovah's glory shall be made known all the world over, and shall not be effaced.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/habakkuk/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - The prophet now gives the reason of the vanity of these human undertakings. <span class="cmt_word">For the earth shall be filled,</span> etc. The words are from <a href="/isaiah/11-9.htm">Isaiah 11:9</a>, with some little alterations (comp. <a href="/numbers/14-21.htm">Numbers 14:21</a>). This is cue of the passages which attests "the community of testimony," as it is called, among the prophets. To take a few out of many cases that offer, <a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2-4</a> compared with <a href="/micah/4-1.htm">Micah 4:1-4</a>; <a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a> with <a href="/jeremiah/50-39.htm">Jeremiah 50:39</a>, etc.; <a href="/isaiah/52-7.htm">Isaiah 52:7</a> with <a href="/nahum/1-15.htm">Nahum 1:15</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/49-7.htm">Jeremiah 49:7-22</a> with <a href="/obadiah/1-1.htm">Obadiah 1:1-4</a>; <a href="/amos/9-13.htm">Amos 9:13</a> with <a href="/joel/3-18.htm">Joel 3:18</a> (Ladd, 'Doctrine of Scripture,' 1:145). All the earth is to be filled with, and to recognize, the glory of God as manifested in the overthrow of ungodliness; and therefore Babylon, and the world power of which she is a type, must be subdued and perish. This announcement looks forward to the establishment of Messiah's kingdom, which "shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and shall stand forever" (<a href="/daniel/2-44.htm">Daniel 2:44</a>). We must remember how intimately in the minds of Eastern heathens the prosperity of a nation was connected with its local deities. Nothing in their eyes could show more perfectly the impotence of a god than his failing to protect his worshippers from destruction (comp. <a href="/2_kings/18-33.htm">2 Kings 18:33</a>, etc.). The glory of Jehovah and his sovereignty over the earth would be seen and acknowledged in the overthrow of Babylon, the powerful, victorious nation. As the waters cover the sea. As the waters fill the basin of the sea (<a href="/genesis/1-22.htm">Genesis 1:22</a>; <a href="/1_kings/7-23.htm">1 Kings 7:23</a>, where the great vessel of ablution is called "the sea"). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/habakkuk/2-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֚י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the earth</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֔רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be filled</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּמָּלֵ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(tim·mā·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with the knowledge</span><br /><span class="heb">לָדַ֖עַת</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḏa·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the glory</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּב֣וֹד</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḇō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3519.htm">Strong's 3519: </a> </span><span class="str2">Weight, splendor, copiousness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as the waters</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּמַּ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(kam·ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cover</span><br /><span class="heb">יְכַסּ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḵas·sū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3680.htm">Strong's 3680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To plump, fill up hollows, to cover</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sea.</span><br /><span class="heb">יָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(yām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3220.htm">Strong's 3220: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/habakkuk/2-14.htm">Habakkuk 2:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/habakkuk/2-14.htm">Habakkuk 2:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/habakkuk/2-14.htm">Habakkuk 2:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/habakkuk/2-14.htm">Habakkuk 2:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/habakkuk/2-14.htm">Habakkuk 2:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/habakkuk/2-14.htm">Habakkuk 2:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/habakkuk/2-14.htm">Habakkuk 2:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/habakkuk/2-14.htm">Habakkuk 2:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/habakkuk/2-14.htm">Habakkuk 2:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/habakkuk/2-14.htm">Habakkuk 2:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/habakkuk/2-14.htm">OT Prophets: Habakkuk 2:14 For the earth will be filled (Hab Hb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/habakkuk/2-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Habakkuk 2:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Habakkuk 2:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/habakkuk/2-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Habakkuk 2:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Habakkuk 2:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>