Habakkuk 3:10

Habakkuk 3:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
• New International Version (NIV)the mountains saw you and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its waves on high.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The mountains saw you and writhed; the raging waters swept on; the deep gave forth its voice; it lifted its hands on high.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The mountains saw You and trembled; The overflowing of the water passed by. The deep uttered its voice, And lifted its hands on high.

Context of Habakkuk 3:10

8Did the Lord rage against the rivers, Or was Your anger against the rivers, Or was Your wrath against the [Red] Sea, That You rode on Your horses, On Your chariots of salvation? 9Your bow was made bare; The rods of chastisement were sworn. Selah (pause, calmly think of that). You split the earth with rivers [bringing waters to dry places]. The mountains saw You and [they] trembled and writhed [as if in pain]; The downpour of waters swept by [as a deluge]. The deep uttered its voice and raged, It lifted its hands high. 11The sun and moon stood in their places [as before Joshua]; They went away at the light of Your [swift] arrows, At the radiance and gleam of Your glittering spear. 12In indignation You marched through the earth; In anger You trampled and threshed the nations.

Habakkuk 3:10 word by word

רָא֤וּךָ יָחִ֙ילוּ֙ הָרִ֔ים זֶ֥רֶם מַ֖יִם עָבָ֑ר נָתַ֤ן תְּהוֹם֙ קוֹל֔וֹ ר֖וֹם יָדֵ֥יהוּ נָשָֽׂא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• they trembledחוּלchûl chîyl · to twist: danceH2342
• the overflowingזֶ֫רֶםzerem · stormH2230
• of the waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• passed byעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• the deepתְּהוֹםtehôm tehôm · abyssH8415
• utteredנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• his voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• lifted upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• his handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• on highרוֹםrôm · heightH7315

Cross-references for Habakkuk 3:10

• Habakkuk 3:6He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations, Yes, the eternal mountains were shattered, The ancient hills bowed low and collapsed. His ways are eternal.
• Exodus 19:16So it happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and flashes of lightning, and a thick cloud was on the mountain, and a very loud blast was sounded on a ram’s horn, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
• Judges 5:4Lord, when You went out from Seir, When You marched from the field of Edom, The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped, Yes, the clouds dripped water.
• Psalms 68:7O God, when You went out before Your people, When You marched through the wilderness, Selah.
• Psalms 77:18The voice of Your thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings illumined the world; The earth trembled and shook.
• Psalms 97:4His lightnings have illuminated the world; The earth has seen and trembled.
• Psalms 114:4The mountains leaped like rams, The [little] hills, like lambs.
• Isaiah 64:1Oh, that You would tear open the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake at Your presence—
• Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were trembling, And all the hills moved back and forth.
• Micah 1:4The mountains shall melt under Him And the valleys shall be split Like wax before the fire, Like waters poured down a steep place.
• Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before Him And the hills melt away; Indeed the earth is shaken by His presence— Yes, the world and all that dwell in it.
• Matthew 27:51And [at once] the veil [of the Holy of Holies] of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; the earth shook and the rocks were split apart.
• Revelation 6:14The sky was split [separated from the land] and rolled up like a scroll, and every mountain and island were dislodged and moved out of their places.
• Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne and Him who was seated upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them [for this heaven and earth are passing away].
• Exodus 14:22The Israelites went into the middle of the sea on dry land, and the waters formed a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
• Joshua 3:15and when those who were carrying the ark came up to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the ark were submerged at the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all of its banks throughout the time of harvest),

Commentaries on Habakkuk 3:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10The mountains saw thee - This is the continued answer to the questions in Habakkuk 3:8. These are figures highly poetic, to show with what ease God accomplished the most arduous tasks in behalf of his people. As soon as the mountains saw him, they trembled, they were in pangs. When he appeared, the sea fled to right and left, to give him a passage. "It uttered its voice." The separation of the waters occasioned a terrible noise. "And it lifted up its…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The mountains saw Thee and they trembled - literally, “they tremble.” While man is insensate, inanimate nature feels and attests the presence of its Maker. “It saw it trembles.” To see, feel, tremble were one. The prophet does not follow a bare order of events, or bind himself to miracles which actually took place. The mountains tremble with earthquakes, or seem to be shaken by the thunders which they re-echo. And so they are signs, how what is firmest…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-15Verses 3-15 God's people, when in distress, and ready to despair, seek help by considering the days of old, and the years of ancient times, and by pleading them with God in prayer. The resemblance between the Babylonish and Egyptian captivities, naturally presents itself to the mind, as well as the possibility of a like deliverance through the power of Jehovah. God appeared in his glory. All the powers of nature are shaken, and the course of nature…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10water: See study note on Habakkuk 3:8 and also Exodus 15:1–18.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. The mountains--repetition with increased emphasis of some of the tremendous phenomena mentioned in Ha 3:6. overflowing of the water passed by--namely, of the Red Sea; and again, of the Jordan. God marked His favor to His people in all the elements, causing every obstacle, whether mountains or waters, which impeded their progress, to "pass away" [Calvin]. Maurer, not so well, translates, "torrents (rains) of water rush down." lifted ... hands on…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Habakkuk 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings