Habakkuk 3:11

Habakkuk 3:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
• New International Version (NIV)Sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the glint of your flying arrows, at the lightning of your flashing spear.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sun and moon stood still in their place at the light of your arrows as they sped, at the flash of your glittering spear.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; At the light of Your arrows they went, At the shining of Your glittering spear.

Context of Habakkuk 3:11

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]. 10The 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. The 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. 13You went forth for the salvation of Your people, For the salvation and rescue of Your anointed [people Israel]. You struck the head from the house of the wicked To lay him open from the thigh to the neck. Selah (pause, and calmly think of that).

Habakkuk 3:11 word by word

שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ יָרֵ֖חַ עָ֣מַד זְבֻ֑לָה לְא֤וֹר חִצֶּ֙יךָ֙ יְהַלֵּ֔כוּ לְנֹ֖גַהּ בְּרַ֥ק חֲנִיתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
• moonיָרֵחַyârêach · moonH3394
• stood stillעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• in their habitationזְבֻלzebûl zebûl · elevationH2073
• at the lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
• of thine arrowsחֵץchêts · arrowH2671
• they wentהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• at the shiningנֹ֫גַהּnôgahh · brightnessH5051
• of thy glitteringבָּרָקbârâq · lightningH1300
• spearחֲנִיתchănîyth · spearH2595

Cross-references for Habakkuk 3:11

• Joshua 10:12Then Joshua spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord handed over the Amorites to the sons of Israel, and Joshua said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still at Gibeon, And moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.”
• Isaiah 28:21For the Lord will rise up as at Mount Perazim, He will be stirred up as in the Valley of Gibeon, To do His work, His unusual and incredible work, And to accomplish His work, His extraordinary work.
• Isaiah 38:8Listen carefully, I will turn the shadow on the stairway [denoting the time of day] ten steps backward, the shadow on the stairway (sundial) of Ahaz.” And the sunlight went ten steps backward on the stairway where it had [previously] gone down.
• Psalms 19:4Yet their voice [in quiet evidence] has gone out through all the earth, Their words to the end of the world. In them and in the heavens He has made a tent for the sun,
• Joshua 10:11As they fled before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, the Lord threw down large stones [of hail] from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. More [Amorites] died because of the hailstones than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword.
• Psalms 18:12Out of the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones and coals of fire.
• Psalms 77:17The clouds poured down water; The skies sent out a sound [of rumbling thunder]; Your arrows (lightning) flashed here and there.
• Psalms 144:5Bow Your heavens, O Lord, and come down; Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

Commentaries on Habakkuk 3:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11The sun and moon stood still - This was at the prayer of Joshua, when he fought against the Amorites. See Joshua 10:11-12; (note), and the notes there. At the light of thine arrows they went - I think we should translate: - By their light, thine arrows went abroad; By their brightness, the lightning of thy spear. Calvin very justly remarks that the arrows and spears of the Israelites are called those of God, under whose auspices the people fought: the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Sun and moon stood still (as one act retiring into) in their habitation - They withdrew, as it were, in the midst of the great tempest, wherein Joshua 10:11-13. “God cast down great stones from heaven upon” His enemies and they died; and “the sun stood still, and the moon stayed.” The sun too withdrew itself in the great darkness at the crucifixion, as not bearing to look upon the death of its Maker, when the majesty of the Sun of Righteousness was…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. 11Sun and moon: See Joshua 10:12–13.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. sun ... moon stood still--at Joshua's command (Jos 10:12, 13). Maurer wrongly translates, "stand" (withdrawn, or hidden from view, by the clouds which covered the sky during the thunders). light of thine arrows--hail mixed with lightnings (Jos 10:10, 11). they went--The sun and moon "went," not as always heretofore, but according to the light and direction of Jehovah's arrows, namely, His lightnings hurled in defense of His people; astonished at these…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