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

8Are you angry at the rivers, Lord? Is your wrath against the rivers? Or is your fury against the sea when you ride on your horses, your victorious chariot? 9You took the sheath from your bow; the arrows are ready to be used with an oath.Selah You split the earth with rivers. The mountains see you and shudder; a downpour of water sweeps by. The deep roars with its voice and lifts its waves high. 11Sun and moon stand still in their lofty residence, at the flash of your flying arrows, at the brightness of your shining spear. 12You march across the earth with indignation; you trample down the nations in wrath.

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 stands and shakes the earth; he looks and startles the nations. The age-old mountains break apart; the ancient hills sink down. His pathways are ancient.
• Exodus 19:16On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud on the mountain, and a very loud blast from a ram’s horn, so that all the people in the camp shuddered.
• Judges 5:4Lord, when you came from Seir, when you marched from the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, the skies poured rain, and the clouds poured water.
• Psalms 68:7God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the desert,Selah
• Psalms 77:18The sound of your thunder was in the whirlwind; lightning lit up the world. The earth shook and quaked.
• Psalms 97:4His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles.
• Psalms 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills, like lambs.
• Isaiah 64:1If only you would tear the heavens open and come down, so that mountains would quake at your presence —
• Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills shook.
• Micah 1:4The mountains will melt beneath him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax near a fire, like water cascading down a mountainside.
• Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt; the earth trembles at his presence — the world and all who live in it.
• Matthew 27:51Suddenly, the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth quaked, and the rocks were split.
• Revelation 6:14the sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up; and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
• Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and one seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.
• Exodus 14:22and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with the waters like a wall to them on their right and their left.
• Joshua 3:15Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan, their feet touched the water at its edge

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