Habakkuk 3:16

Habakkuk 3:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
• New International Version (NIV)I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I hear, and my body trembles; my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When I heard, my body trembled; My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entered my bones; And I trembled in myself, That I might rest in the day of trouble. When he comes up to the people, He will invade them with his troops.

Context of Habakkuk 3:16

14Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors: They came as a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly. 15Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters. I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entereth into my bones, and I tremble in my place; Because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, For the coming up of the people that invadeth us. 17For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Habakkuk 3:16 word by word

שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי׀ וַתִּרְגַּ֣ז בִּטְנִ֗י לְקוֹל֙ צָלֲל֣וּ שְׂפָתַ֔י יָב֥וֹא רָקָ֛ב בַּעֲצָמַ֖י וְתַחְתַּ֣י אֶרְגָּ֑ז אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָנ֙וּחַ֙ לְי֣וֹם צָרָ֔ה לַעֲל֖וֹת לְעַ֥ם יְגוּדֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

• heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• trembledרָגַזrâgaz · to trembleH7264
• lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
• voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• Rottennessרָקָבrâqâb · rottennessH7538
• bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• placeתַּחַתtachath · underneath: underH8478
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• troubleצָרָהtsârâh · distressH6869
• comingבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Habakkuk 3:16

• Habakkuk 3:2O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.
• Habakkuk 1:5Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.
• Psalms 119:120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments. ע AYIN.
• Jeremiah 23:9Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of Jehovah, and because of his holy words.
• Ezekiel 3:14So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.
• Daniel 8:27And I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick certain days; then I rose up, and did the king’s business: and I wondered at the vision, but none understood it.
• Daniel 10:8So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
• Psalms 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and honor him.
• Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;
• Isaiah 26:20Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
• Jeremiah 15:10Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me.
• Jeremiah 45:3Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for Jehovah hath added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.
• Ezekiel 9:4And Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:6if so be that it is a righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,
• Habakkuk 1:6For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.
• Deuteronomy 28:49Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;

Commentaries on Habakkuk 3:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16When I heard, my belly trembled - The prophet, having finished his account of the wonders done by Jehovah, in bringing their fathers from Egypt into the promised land, now returns to the desolate state of his countrymen, who are shortly to be led into captivity, and suffer the most grievous afflictions; and although he had a sure word of prophecy that they should be ultimately delivered, yet the thoughts of the evils they must previously endure filled his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16When I heard - , better, “I heard and … ” The prophet sums up, resuming that same declaration with which he had begun, “I heard, I was afraid.” Only now he expresses far more strongly both his awe at God‘s judgments and his hopes. He had just beheld the image of the destruction of Pharaoh, the end of the brief triumphing of the wicked and of the trials of God‘s people. But awful as are all the judgments of God upon the enemies of His people, it was not…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-19Verses 16-19 When we see a day of trouble approach, it concerns us to prepare. A good hope through grace is founded in holy fear. The prophet looked back upon the experiences of the church in former ages, and observed what great things God had done for them, and so was not only recovered, but filled with holy joy. He resolved to delight and triumph in the Lord; for when all is gone, his God is not gone. Destroy the vines and the fig-trees, and you make…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16Even though realizing God's great power made Habakkuk tremble and lose strength, he would wait quietly for God's judgment (see Habakkuk 2:3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. When I heard ... trembled--namely, at the judgments which God had declared (Ha 1:1-17) were to be inflicted on Judea by the Chaldeans. belly--The bowels were thought by the Hebrews to be the seat of yearning compassion (Jr 31:20). Or "heard" may refer to Ha 3:2, "When I heard as to Jehovah's coming interposition for Israel against the Chaldeans being still at some distance" (Ha 2:3); so also the voice" [Maurer]. at the voice--of the divine…Read the comment

Topics related to Habakkuk 3:16

• Belly
• Prophets

In the dictionaries

• Arrow
• Hiding
• Joy
• Meat
• Poetry
• Psalms
• Remember
• Wrath
• Bone; Bones
• Habakkuk

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