Habakkuk 3:15

Habakkuk 3:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
• New International Version (NIV)You trampled the sea with your horses, churning the great waters.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You trampled the sea with your horses, the surging of mighty waters.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You walked through the sea with Your horses, Through the heap of great waters.

Context of Habakkuk 3:15

13You have marched out to rescue your people, and to save your special servant. You have knocked down the leader of the wicked nation. You have removed all his clothes, from head to foot. Selah. 14You threw his own spear into his head, and you destroyed his army. When his soldiers rushed out to attack us, they were laughing. They thought that they would easily win against us, as if we were poor, weak people. But you, Lord, marched across the sea with your horses. You made the waters of the sea shake. 16I listened to this and I was very afraid. My lips shook with fear when I heard the sound. My bones became weak. My legs would not let me walk. But I will be patient. I will wait for the day of trouble that will come. Yes, punishment will come to the people who are attacking us. 17Whatever happens, I will continue to thank the Lord. If there are no flowers on the fig trees, if there are no grapes on the vines, if there are no olives on the olive trees, if there are no crops in the fields, if the sheep are dying in the hills, if there are no cows on the farms,

Habakkuk 3:15 word by word

דָּרַ֥כְתָּ בַיָּ֖ם סוּסֶ֑יךָ חֹ֖מֶר מַ֥יִם רַבִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou didst walkדָּרַךְdârak · to treadH1869
• through the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• with thine horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
• the heapחֹ֫מֶרchômer · heapH2563
• of greatרַבrab · manyH7227
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Habakkuk 3:15

• Habakkuk 3:8Was 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.
• Psalms 77:19You went through the sea. Your path went through the deep water, but nobody saw where your feet had gone.

Commentaries on Habakkuk 3:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Thou didst walk through the sea - There was no occasion to hurry across; all was safe, for God had divided the waters: and his terrible cloud had removed from before, and stood behind them, so that it was between them and the Egyptians. See Exodus 14:19, Exodus 14:20.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Thou didst walk through the sea with Thine horses - God Himself is pictured as leading them on the way, Himself at the head of their multitude, having, as Asaph said of old “His path in the sea.” So Isaiah Isaiah 63:13. “who leddest them in the depths;” and Zechariah Zechariah 10:11. “And he shall pass through the sea.” God was literally there; for Acts 17:28. “in Him we live and move and have our being.” He who “is wholly everywhere but the whole of Him…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. 15Sea … waters: The section ends the same way it started (Habakkuk 3:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses--(Ha 3:8). No obstacle could prevent Thy progress when leading Thy people in safety to their inheritance, whether the Red Sea, Jordan, or the figurative waves of foes raging against Israel (Psa 65:7; 77:19).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