Habakkuk 3:6

Habakkuk 3:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
• New International Version (NIV)He stood, and shook the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains crumbled and the age-old hills collapsed— but he marches on forever.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He stood and measured the earth; he looked and shook the nations; then the eternal mountains were scattered; the everlasting hills sank low. His were the everlasting ways.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations. And the everlasting mountains were scattered, The perpetual hills bowed. His ways are everlasting.

Context of Habakkuk 3:6

4His brightness is like the sunlight. Rays of light ⌞stream⌟ from his hand. That is where his power is hidden. 5Diseases go ahead of him. Plagues follow after him. He stands and shakes the earth. He casts a glance and startles the nations. The oldest mountains break apart. The ancient hills sink. The ancient paths belong to him. 7I see trouble in the tents of Cushan. I see trembling in the tents of Midian. 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?

Habakkuk 3:6 word by word

עָמַ֣ד׀ וַיְמֹ֣דֶד אֶ֗רֶץ רָאָה֙ וַיַּתֵּ֣ר גּוֹיִ֔ם וַיִּתְפֹּֽצְצוּ֙ הַרְרֵי־עַ֔ד שַׁח֖וּ גִּבְע֣וֹת עוֹלָ֑ם הֲלִיכ֥וֹת עוֹלָ֖ם לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He stoodעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• and measuredמוּדmûd · to shakeH4128
• the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• he beheldרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• and drove asunderנָתַרnâthar · to startH5425
• the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• and the everlastingעַד‛ad · perpetuityH5703
• mountainsהָרָרhârâr · mountainH2042
• were scatteredפּוּץpûts · to scatterH6327
• the perpetualעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• hillsגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
• did bowשָׁחַחshâchach · to bowH7817
• his waysהֲלִיכָהhălîykâh · walkH1979

Cross-references for Habakkuk 3:6

• Exodus 15:17You will bring them and plant them on your own mountain, the place where you live, O Lord, the holy place that you built with your own hands, O Lord.
• Exodus 21:31If the bull gores someone’s son or daughter, this same ruling applies.
• Numbers 34:1The Lord said to Moses,
• Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave nations their land, when he divided the descendants of Adam, he set up borders for the tribes corresponding to the number of the sons of Israel.
• Acts 17:26From one man he has made every nation of humanity to live all over the earth. He has given them the seasons of the year and the boundaries within which to live.
• Joshua 10:42Joshua captured all these kings and their territories in one campaign because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.
• Joshua 11:18Joshua waged war with all these kings for a long time.
• Nehemiah 9:22You gave kingdoms and nations to the Israelites and assigned them their boundaries. So they took possession of the land of Sihon, the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of King Og of Bashan.
• Psalms 135:8He is the one who killed every firstborn male in Egypt. He killed humans and animals alike.
• Habakkuk 3:10The mountains look at you. They writhe in pain. Floodwaters pass by. The deep ocean roars. Its waves rise up high.
• Genesis 49:26The blessings of your father are greater than the blessings of the oldest mountains and the riches of the ancient hills. May these blessings rest on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the prince among his brothers.
• Deuteronomy 33:15the finest fruits from the oldest mountains, the best from the ancient hills,
• Judges 5:5and the mountains shook in the presence of the Lord God of Sinai, in the presence of the Lord God of Israel.
• Psalms 68:16Why do you look with envy, you mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has chosen to live? Certainly, the Lord will live there forever.
• Psalms 114:4The mountains jumped like rams. The hills jumped like lambs.
• Isaiah 64:1If only you would split open the heavens and come down! The mountains would quake at your presence.

Commentaries on Habakkuk 3:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6He stood, and measured the earth - ארץ erets, the land; he divided the promised land among the twelve tribes. This is the allusion; and this the prophet had in his eye. God not only made a general assignment of the land to the Hebrews; but he even divided it into such portions as the different families required. Here were both power and condescension. When a conqueror had subdued a country, he divided it among his soldiers. Among the Romans, those among…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6He stood - It is “a metaphor of his giving victory to Israel” Tanchum. And measured - So Kimchi, A. E., Rashi, Tanchum, Vulgate. It is borne out by Hithpolel. “extended himself,” 1 Kings 17:21. By an interchange of dentals; מוד might be = מוט, and so the Aramaic and the Septuagint but in no other case do the two forms co-exist in Hebrew. The earth - Joshua, after he had conquered the land, meted it out and divided it among the people. He who should come…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. 5-6God is the divine warrior who helps his people (see Habakkuk 3:8–15; see also Isaiah 63:1–6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. He stood, and measured the earth--Jehovah, in His advance, is represented as stopping suddenly, and measuring the earth with His all-seeing glance, whereat there is universal consternation. Maurer, from a different root, translates, "rocked the earth"; which answers better to the parallel "drove asunder"; the Hebrew for which latter, however, may be better translated, "made to tremble." everlasting mountains--which have ever been remembered as…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