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

9Your bow was made bare, The rods of chastisement were sworn. Selah. You cleaved the earth with rivers. 10The mountains saw You and quaked; The downpour of waters swept by. The deep uttered forth its voice, It lifted high its hands. Sun and moon stood in their places; They went away at the light of Your arrows, At the radiance of Your gleaming spear. 12In indignation You marched through the earth; In anger You trampled the nations. 13You went forth for the salvation of Your people, For the salvation of Your anointed. You struck the head of the house of the evil To lay him open from thigh to neck. Selah.

Habakkuk 3:11 word by word

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

• Sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
• moonיָרֵחַyârêach · moonH3394
• stoodעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• in their placesזְבֻלzebûl zebûl · elevationH2073
• They wentהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
• of Your arrowsחֵץchêts · arrowH2671
• At the radianceנֹ֫גַהּnôgahh · brightnessH5051
• of Your gleamingבָּרָקbârâq · lightningH1300
• spearחֲנִיתchănîyth · spearH2595

Cross-references for Habakkuk 3:11

• Joshua 10:12Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, “O sun, stand still at Gibeon, And O moon in the valley of Aijalon.”
• Isaiah 28:21For the Lord will rise up as at Mount Perazim, He will be stirred up as in the valley of Gibeon, To do His task, His unusual task, And to work His work, His extraordinary work.
• Isaiah 38:8Behold, I will cause the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, to go back ten steps.” So the sun’s shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.
• Psalms 19:4Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their utterances to the end of the world. In them He has placed a tent for the sun,
• Joshua 10:11As they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, the Lord threw large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died; there were more who died from the hailstones than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword.
• Psalms 18:12From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones and coals of fire.
• Psalms 77:17The clouds poured out water; The skies gave forth a sound; Your arrows flashed here and there.
• Psalms 144:5Bow Your heavens, O Lord, and come down; Touch the mountains, that they may 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