Habakkuk 2:19
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Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
In other translations
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
Hebrew words
הוֹיhowoe to!H1945אֹמֵר'omer[one who] saysH559לָעֵץla'etzto <the> woodH6086הָקִיצָהhakitzahwake up !H6974עוּרִי'uriawakeH5782לְאֶבֶןle'evento a stone ofH68דּוּמָםdumamsilenceH1748הוּאhu'itH1931יוֹרֶהyorehwill it teach?H3384הִנֵּה־hineh-there!H2009הוּאhu'itH1931תָּפוּשׂtafus[is] sheathedH8610זָהָבzahavgoldH2091וָכֶסֶףvakhesefand silverH3701וְכָל־vekholand anyH3605רוּחַruachbreathH7307אֵין'einnotH369בְּקִרְבּוֹ׃bekirbo[is] <in> within itH7130
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