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Habakkuk 3:8
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.
Habakkuk 3:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Was the Lord displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
- New International Version (NIV)Were you angry with the rivers, Lord? Was your wrath against the streams? Did you rage against the sea when you rode your horses and your chariots to victory?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Was your wrath against the rivers, O Lord? Was your anger against the rivers, or your indignation against the sea, when you rode on your horses, on your chariot of salvation?
- New King James Version (NKJV)O Lord, were You displeased with the rivers, Was Your anger against the rivers, Was Your wrath against the sea, That You rode on Your horses, Your chariots of salvation?
Context of Habakkuk 3:8
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. 7I see the tents where Cushan's people live, and the people are afraid. The people in Midian are shaking with fear. Was 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. 10The 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.
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הֲבִנְהָרִים֙ חָרָ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה אִ֤ם בַּנְּהָרִים֙ אַפֶּ֔ךָ אִם־בַּיָּ֖ם עֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ כִּ֤י תִרְכַּב֙ עַל־סוּסֶ֔יךָ מַרְכְּבֹתֶ֖יךָ יְשׁוּעָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Was the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- displeasedחָרָהchârâh · to be incensedH2734
- against the riversנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
- thine angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
- thy wrathעֶבְרָה‛ebrâh · furyH5678
- against the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
- that thou didst rideרָכַבrâkab · to rideH7392
- upon thine horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
- thy chariotsמֶרְכָּבָהmerkâbâh · chariotH4818
- of salvationיְשׁוּעָהyeshû‛âh · salvationH3444
Cross-references for Habakkuk 3:8
- Exodus 14:21Then Moses lifted up his hand over the sea. During that whole night, the Lord made a strong wind blow from the east. This caused the sea to become two separate parts. The ground between the water became dry land.
- Joshua 3:16the water stopped. It stopped a long way up the river, at a town called Adam. That is near Zarethan. The water going down to the Salt Sea stopped completely. So the people crossed the river near Jericho city.
- Psalms 114:3The sea looked and ran away! Then the Jordan River turned back!
- Isaiah 50:2Nobody was there to meet me, when I came to help you. When I called out to you, nobody answered me. Do you think that my arm is too weak to rescue you? Am I not strong enough to save you? Look! I can speak to the sea so that it becomes dry! I can cause rivers to become deserts. Then the fish die because they have no water.
- Nahum 1:4He can cause the sea and the rivers to become dry by one word. The fertile places of Bashan and Carmel become dry and the green forests of Lebanon die too.
- Mark 4:39Jesus woke up and he spoke strongly to the wind and to the water. ‘Be quiet!’ he said. ‘Stop!’ Then the wind stopped and the water became quiet again.
- Revelation 16:12Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great Euphrates river. As a result, the river became dry. This prepared a way for kings from the east to march across it.
- Habakkuk 3:15But you, Lord, marched across the sea with your horses. You made the waters of the sea shake.
- Deuteronomy 33:26Israelites, there is no god like your God. He rides across the sky to help you. He travels with great authority on the clouds.
- Psalms 18:10He sat on a cherub and he flew. The wind carried him as he travelled.
- Psalms 45:4Wear your royal clothes and ride out to win against your enemies! Win the war on behalf of truth and justice! Then your strong right hand will do powerful things!
- Psalms 68:4Sing songs to God! Sing to praise his name! He is the one who rides on the clouds, so praise him aloud! His name is the Lord! Shout with joy to worship him!
- Psalms 104:3You have built the beams of your home on the clouds of rain. The clouds carry you as you travel, and you ride on the wind.
- Isaiah 19:1This is a message about Egypt. Look! The Lord is coming to Egypt! He is riding quickly on a cloud and he will soon arrive! The idols of Egypt will shake with fear when he comes. All the people in Egypt will be very afraid.
- Revelation 6:2I looked, and I saw a white horse. The person who was riding the horse held a bow. Someone gave him a crown. He had fought against many people and he had won. Now he rode out on his horse to win against many more people.
- Revelation 19:11I saw that heaven was now open. I saw a white horse there! The name of the man who was riding the horse was this: ‘A faithful, honest person’. He is always right when he judges people and when he goes to punish them in war.
Commentaries on Habakkuk 3:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Was the Lord displeased against the rivers? - Floods; here is a reference to the passage of the Red Sea. The Lord is represented as heading his troops, riding in his chariot, and commanding the sea to divide, that a free passage might be left for his army to pass over.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Was the Lord displeased against the rivers? - The prophet asks the question thrice, as to the two miracles of the dividing of the Red Sea and the Jordan River, thereby the more earnestly declaring, that God meant somewhat by these acts and beyond them. He asks, as Daniel Daniel 7:16. and Zechariah asked, what was the truth of the things which they saw. God‘s defilings with His former people were as much ensamples of what should be with us 1 Corinthians…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. 8angry at the rivers … wrath against the streams: See Exodus 7:19–20; 14:15–31. chariots of salvation: This is an ironic reference to the Egyptian chariots that chased the Israelites when God helped them escape through the Red Sea (Exodus 14:9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Was the Lord displeased against the rivers?--"Was the cause of His dividing the Red Sea and Jordan His displeasure against these waters?" The answer to this is tacitly implied in "Thy chariots of salvation." "Nay; it was not displeasure against the waters, but His pleasure in interposing for His people's salvation" (compare Ha 3:10). thy chariots--in antithesis to Thy foe, Pharaoh's chariots," which, notwithstanding their power and numbers, were…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
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