For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.
Parallel translations
- KJV For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
- BSB For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
- NKJV For the stone will cry out from the wall, And the beam from the timbers will answer it.
- NASB “For the stone will cry out from the wall, And the rafter will answer it from the framework.
- NLT The very stones in the walls cry out against you, and the beams in the ceilings echo the complaint.
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Cross-references · 7
- Luke 19:40He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”
- Josh 24:27Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all Yahweh’s words which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.”
- Job 31:38–40If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;
- Jas 5:3–4Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.
- Gen 4:10Yahweh said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.
- Heb 12:24to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
- Rev 6:10They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
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