Habakkuk 3:11

Habakkuk 3:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
• New International Version (NIV)Sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the glint of your flying arrows, at the lightning of your flashing spear.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sun and moon stood still in their place at the light of your arrows as they sped, at the flash of your glittering spear.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; At the light of Your arrows they went, At the shining of Your glittering spear.

Context of Habakkuk 3:11

9You get your bow ready for action, for the arrows ⌞you⌟ promised. Selah You split the land with rivers. 10The mountains look at you. They writhe in pain. Floodwaters pass by. The deep ocean roars. Its waves rise up high. The sun and the moon stand still. They scatter at the light of your arrows, at the bright lightning of your spear. 12You march through the earth with fury. You trample the nations in anger. 13You go out to save your people, to save your anointed. You crush the leader of the wicked household, stripping him bare from head to toe. Selah

Habakkuk 3:11 word by word

שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ יָרֵ֖חַ עָ֣מַד זְבֻ֑לָה לְא֤וֹר חִצֶּ֙יךָ֙ יְהַלֵּ֔כוּ לְנֹ֖גַהּ בְּרַ֥ק חֲנִיתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
• moonיָרֵחַyârêach · moonH3394
• stood stillעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• in their habitationזְבֻלzebûl zebûl · elevationH2073
• at the lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
• of thine arrowsחֵץchêts · arrowH2671
• they wentהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• at the shiningנֹ֫גַהּnôgahh · brightnessH5051
• of thy glitteringבָּרָקbârâq · lightningH1300
• spearחֲנִיתchănîyth · spearH2595

Cross-references for Habakkuk 3:11

• Joshua 10:12The day the Lord handed the Amorites over to the people of Israel, Joshua spoke to the Lord while Israel was watching, “Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and moon, stand still over the valley of Aijalon!”
• Isaiah 28:21The Lord will rise as he did on Mount Perazim. He will wake up as he did in Gibeon Valley. He will do his work, his unexpected work, and perform his deeds, his mysterious deeds.
• Isaiah 38:8The sun made a shadow that went down the stairway of Ahaz’s upper palace. I’m going to make the shadow go back ten steps.” So the sun on the stairway went back up the ten steps it had gone down.
• Psalms 19:4⌞Yet,⌟ their sound has gone out into the entire world, their message to the ends of the earth. He has set up a tent in the heavens for the sun,
• Joshua 10:11As they fled from the Israelites down the slope of Beth Horon toward Azekah, the Lord threw huge hailstones on them. More died from the hailstones than from Israelite swords.
• Psalms 18:12Out of the brightness in front of him, those rain clouds passed by with hailstones and lightning.
• Psalms 77:17The clouds poured out water. The sky thundered. Even your arrows flashed in every direction.
• Psalms 144:5O Lord, bend your heaven low, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

Commentaries on Habakkuk 3:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11The sun and moon stood still - This was at the prayer of Joshua, when he fought against the Amorites. See Joshua 10:11-12; (note), and the notes there. At the light of thine arrows they went - I think we should translate: - By their light, thine arrows went abroad; By their brightness, the lightning of thy spear. Calvin very justly remarks that the arrows and spears of the Israelites are called those of God, under whose auspices the people fought: the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Sun and moon stood still (as one act retiring into) in their habitation - They withdrew, as it were, in the midst of the great tempest, wherein Joshua 10:11-13. “God cast down great stones from heaven upon” His enemies and they died; and “the sun stood still, and the moon stayed.” The sun too withdrew itself in the great darkness at the crucifixion, as not bearing to look upon the death of its Maker, when the majesty of the Sun of Righteousness was…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. 11Sun and moon: See Joshua 10:12–13.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. sun ... moon stood still--at Joshua's command (Jos 10:12, 13). Maurer wrongly translates, "stand" (withdrawn, or hidden from view, by the clouds which covered the sky during the thunders). light of thine arrows--hail mixed with lightnings (Jos 10:10, 11). they went--The sun and moon "went," not as always heretofore, but according to the light and direction of Jehovah's arrows, namely, His lightnings hurled in defense of His people; astonished at these…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