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

8Was it the rivers that made you angry, Lord? Did the sea make you so angry? You rode on your chariots as horses pulled them! You rode into battle to win against your enemies. 9You have prepared your bow. You are ready to shoot your arrows. Selah. You send rivers of water to cut the earth into pieces. The mountains see you and they shake. Rain pours down from the sky and it causes floods. The deep sea roars and it lifts its waves up high. 11You shoot your bright arrows so that the sun and the moon stand still in the sky. Your bright spear flies like lightning, and the sun and the moon do not move! 12You angrily march across the earth. You knock down the armies of the nations, because you are so angry.

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 3:6God stands ready to fight, and he causes the earth to shake. He looks at the nations and they shake with fear. The very old mountains break into pieces. The old hills fall down flat. He travels on roads that have been there for ever.
• Exodus 19:16On the morning of the third day, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was there over the mountain. The people heard the noise of a loud trumpet. They were so afraid that their bodies were shaking.
• Judges 5:4Lord, you came from Seir mountains. Yes, you marched from the land of Edom. As you came, the earth shook. Rain poured down from the clouds in the sky.
• Psalms 68:7God, you led your people out. You took them across the desert. Selah.
• Psalms 77:18The sound of your thunder was in the storm. Your lightning made all the world bright. The earth shook.
• Psalms 97:4His lightning lights up the whole world. The earth sees it and it shakes with fear.
• Psalms 114:4The mountains shook, like sheep that are jumping. The hills jumped like lambs.
• Isaiah 64:1Please Lord, break open the skies and come down to help us! That would make the mountains shake!
• Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains. They were shaking. All the hills were moving around.
• Micah 1:4The mountains will melt when he comes, like wax melts near a fire. The valleys will also break into pieces. They will move like water when it rushes down a hill.
• Nahum 1:5He causes the mountains to shake and he causes the hills to become flat. The earth and all the people in the world are afraid of God.
• Matthew 27:51At that moment, the curtain inside the temple tore completely into two parts. It tore from the top down to the bottom. The ground shook and rocks broke into pieces.
• Revelation 6:14The sky divided into two parts. It rolled up like a piece of paper. Every mountain and every island moved away from its place.
• Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne. I saw that God was sitting on it. The earth and the sky rushed away from the place where he sat. There was no longer any place for them.
• Exodus 14:22So the Israelites walked on the dry ground through the middle of the sea. The water was like a wall on their right side and on their left side.
• Joshua 3:15It was the time of the harvest and there was a lot of water coming down the river. But when the priests reached the shore of the river with the Covenant Box and their feet touched the water,

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