Habakkuk 3:16

Habakkuk 3:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
• New International Version (NIV)I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I hear, and my body trembles; my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When I heard, my body trembled; My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entered my bones; And I trembled in myself, That I might rest in the day of trouble. When he comes up to the people, He will invade them with his troops.

Context of Habakkuk 3:16

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. 15You march with your horses into the sea, into the mighty raging waters. I 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— 18even then, I will be happy with the Lord. I will truly find joy in God, who saves me.

Habakkuk 3:16 word by word

שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי׀ וַתִּרְגַּ֣ז בִּטְנִ֗י לְקוֹל֙ צָלֲל֣וּ שְׂפָתַ֔י יָב֥וֹא רָקָ֛ב בַּעֲצָמַ֖י וְתַחְתַּ֣י אֶרְגָּ֑ז אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָנ֙וּחַ֙ לְי֣וֹם צָרָ֔ה לַעֲל֖וֹת לְעַ֥ם יְגוּדֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• When I heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• my bellyבֶּ֫טֶןbeţen · belly: bodyH990
• trembledרָגַזrâgaz · to trembleH7264
• my lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
• quiveredצָלַלtsâlal · to tingleH6750
• at the voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• rottennessרָקָבrâqâb · rottennessH7538
• enteredבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into my bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• in myself, that I might restנוּחַnûach · to restH5117
• in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of troubleצָרָהtsârâh · distressH6869
• when he cometh upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• unto the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• he will invade them with his troopsגּוּדgûd · to raidH1464

Cross-references for Habakkuk 3:16

• Habakkuk 3:2Lord, I have heard the report about you. Lord, I fear your work. In the course of the years, renew it. In the course of the years, reveal it. In all this chaos, remember to be merciful.
• Habakkuk 1:5Look among the nations and watch. Be amazed and astonished. I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe even if it were reported to you.
• Psalms 119:120My body shudders in fear of you, and I am afraid of your regulations.
• Jeremiah 23:9“⌞Say this⌟ about the prophets: I am deeply disturbed. All my bones tremble. I am like a drunk, like a person who has had too much wine, because of the Lord and his holy words.
• Ezekiel 3:14Then the Spirit lifted me and took me away. I went away feeling bitter and angry. The strong power of the Lord came over me.
• Daniel 8:27I, Daniel, was exhausted and sick for days. Then I got up and worked for the king. The vision horrified me because I couldn’t understand it.
• Daniel 10:8So I was left alone to see this grand vision. I had no strength left in me. My face turned deathly pale, and I was helpless.
• Psalms 91:15When you call to me, I will answer you. I will be with you when you are in trouble. I will save you and honor you.
• Psalms 94:12O Lord, blessed is the person whom you discipline and instruct from your teachings.
• Isaiah 26:20My people, go to your rooms, and shut the doors behind you. Hide for a little while until his fury has ended.
• Jeremiah 15:10I’m so miserable! Why did my mother give birth to me? I am a man who argues and quarrels with the whole earth. I have never lent or borrowed anything. Yet, everyone curses me.
• Jeremiah 45:3You said, ‘I’m so miserable! The Lord has added grief to my pain. I’m worn out from groaning. I can’t find any rest.’
• Ezekiel 9:4The Lord said to that person, “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of those who sigh and groan about all the disgusting things that are being done in the city.”
• 2 Thessalonians 1:6Certainly, it is right for God to give suffering to those who cause you to suffer.
• Habakkuk 1:6I am going to send the Babylonians, that fierce and reckless nation. They will march throughout the earth to take possession of lands that don’t belong to them.
• Deuteronomy 28:49The Lord will bring against you a nation from far away, from the ends of the earth. The nation will swoop down on you like an eagle. It will be a nation whose language you won’t understand.

Commentaries on Habakkuk 3:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16When I heard, my belly trembled - The prophet, having finished his account of the wonders done by Jehovah, in bringing their fathers from Egypt into the promised land, now returns to the desolate state of his countrymen, who are shortly to be led into captivity, and suffer the most grievous afflictions; and although he had a sure word of prophecy that they should be ultimately delivered, yet the thoughts of the evils they must previously endure filled his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16When I heard - , better, “I heard and … ” The prophet sums up, resuming that same declaration with which he had begun, “I heard, I was afraid.” Only now he expresses far more strongly both his awe at God‘s judgments and his hopes. He had just beheld the image of the destruction of Pharaoh, the end of the brief triumphing of the wicked and of the trials of God‘s people. But awful as are all the judgments of God upon the enemies of His people, it was not…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-19Verses 16-19 When we see a day of trouble approach, it concerns us to prepare. A good hope through grace is founded in holy fear. The prophet looked back upon the experiences of the church in former ages, and observed what great things God had done for them, and so was not only recovered, but filled with holy joy. He resolved to delight and triumph in the Lord; for when all is gone, his God is not gone. Destroy the vines and the fig-trees, and you make…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16Even though realizing God's great power made Habakkuk tremble and lose strength, he would wait quietly for God's judgment (see Habakkuk 2:3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. When I heard ... trembled--namely, at the judgments which God had declared (Ha 1:1-17) were to be inflicted on Judea by the Chaldeans. belly--The bowels were thought by the Hebrews to be the seat of yearning compassion (Jr 31:20). Or "heard" may refer to Ha 3:2, "When I heard as to Jehovah's coming interposition for Israel against the Chaldeans being still at some distance" (Ha 2:3); so also the voice" [Maurer]. at the voice--of the divine…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