Habakkuk 3:6

Habakkuk 3:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
• New International Version (NIV)He stood, and shook the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains crumbled and the age-old hills collapsed— but he marches on forever.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He stood and measured the earth; he looked and shook the nations; then the eternal mountains were scattered; the everlasting hills sank low. His were the everlasting ways.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations. And the everlasting mountains were scattered, The perpetual hills bowed. His ways are everlasting.

Context of Habakkuk 3:6

4His brilliance is like light; rays are flashing from his hand. This is where his power is hidden. 5Plague goes before him, and pestilence follows in his steps. He 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. 7I see the tents of Cushan in distress; the tent curtains of the land of Midian tremble. 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?

Habakkuk 3:6 word by word

עָמַ֣ד׀ וַיְמֹ֣דֶד אֶ֗רֶץ רָאָה֙ וַיַּתֵּ֣ר גּוֹיִ֔ם וַיִּתְפֹּֽצְצוּ֙ הַרְרֵי־עַ֔ד שַׁח֖וּ גִּבְע֣וֹת עוֹלָ֑ם הֲלִיכ֥וֹת עוֹלָ֖ם לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He stoodעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• and measuredמוּדmûd · to shakeH4128
• the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• he beheldרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• and drove asunderנָתַרnâthar · to startH5425
• the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• and the everlastingעַד‛ad · perpetuityH5703
• mountainsהָרָרhârâr · mountainH2042
• were scatteredפּוּץpûts · to scatterH6327
• the perpetualעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• hillsגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
• did bowשָׁחַחshâchach · to bowH7817
• his waysהֲלִיכָהhălîykâh · walkH1979

Cross-references for Habakkuk 3:6

• Exodus 15:17You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of your possession; Lord, you have prepared the place for your dwelling; Lord, your hands have established the sanctuary.
• Exodus 21:31If it gores a son or a daughter, he is to be dealt with according to this same law.
• Numbers 34:1The Lord spoke to Moses,
• Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance and divided the human race, he set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the people of Israel.
• Acts 17:26From one man he has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.
• Joshua 10:42Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign, because the Lord, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
• Joshua 11:18Joshua waged war with all these kings for a long time.
• Nehemiah 9:22You gave them kingdoms and peoples and established boundaries for them. They took possession of the land of King Sihon of Heshbon and of the land of King Og of Bashan.
• Psalms 135:8He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, both people and animals.
• Habakkuk 3:10The mountains see you and shudder; a downpour of water sweeps by. The deep roars with its voice and lifts its waves high.
• Genesis 49:26The blessings of your father excel the blessings of my ancestors and the bounty of the ancient hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.
• Deuteronomy 33:15with the best products of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the eternal hills;
• Judges 5:5The mountains melted before the Lord, even Sinai, before the Lord, the God of Israel.
• Psalms 68:16Why gaze with envy, you mountain peaks, at the mountain God desired for his abode? The Lord will dwell there forever!
• 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 —

Commentaries on Habakkuk 3:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6He stood, and measured the earth - ארץ erets, the land; he divided the promised land among the twelve tribes. This is the allusion; and this the prophet had in his eye. God not only made a general assignment of the land to the Hebrews; but he even divided it into such portions as the different families required. Here were both power and condescension. When a conqueror had subdued a country, he divided it among his soldiers. Among the Romans, those among…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6He stood - It is “a metaphor of his giving victory to Israel” Tanchum. And measured - So Kimchi, A. E., Rashi, Tanchum, Vulgate. It is borne out by Hithpolel. “extended himself,” 1 Kings 17:21. By an interchange of dentals; מוד might be = מוט, and so the Aramaic and the Septuagint but in no other case do the two forms co-exist in Hebrew. The earth - Joshua, after he had conquered the land, meted it out and divided it among the people. He who should come…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. 5-6God is the divine warrior who helps his people (see Habakkuk 3:8–15; see also Isaiah 63:1–6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. He stood, and measured the earth--Jehovah, in His advance, is represented as stopping suddenly, and measuring the earth with His all-seeing glance, whereat there is universal consternation. Maurer, from a different root, translates, "rocked the earth"; which answers better to the parallel "drove asunder"; the Hebrew for which latter, however, may be better translated, "made to tremble." everlasting mountains--which have ever been remembered as…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