God’s Word Translation
Habakkuk 3:15
15You march with your horses into the sea, into the mighty raging waters.
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 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 14You pierce the leader of his gang with his own arrows. His soldiers come like a violent storm to scatter me. They are arrogant like those who secretly eat up the poor. You march with your horses into the sea, into the mighty raging waters. 16I have heard, so there’s trembling within me. At the report my lips quivered. A rotten feeling has entered me. I tremble where I stand. I wait for the day of trouble to come to the people who will attack us. 17Even if the fig tree does not bloom and the vines have no grapes, even if the olive tree fails to produce and the fields yield no food, even if the sheep pen is empty and the stalls have no cattle—
Read all of Habakkuk 3Habakkuk 3:15 word by word
דָּרַ֥כְתָּ בַיָּ֖ם סוּסֶ֑יךָ חֹ֖מֶר מַ֥יִם רַבִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Habakkuk 3:15
- Habakkuk 3:8The Lord is not angry with the rivers, is he? If you are angry with the rivers, if you are furious with the sea, ⌞why⌟ do you ride your horses, your chariots of salvation?
- Psalms 77:19Your road went through the sea. Your path went through raging water, but your footprints could not be seen.
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
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