Habakkuk 3:10

Habakkuk 3:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
• New International Version (NIV)the mountains saw you and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its waves on high.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The mountains saw you and writhed; the raging waters swept on; the deep gave forth its voice; it lifted its hands on high.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The mountains saw You and trembled; The overflowing of the water passed by. The deep uttered its voice, And lifted its hands on high.

Context of Habakkuk 3:10

8Did the Lord rage against the rivers, Or was Your anger against the rivers, Or was Your rage against the sea, That You rode on Your horses, On Your chariots of salvation? 9You removed Your bow from its holder, The arrows of Your word were sworn. Selah You divided the earth with rivers. The mountains saw You and quaked; The downpour of waters swept by. The deep raised its voice, It lifted high its hands. 11Sun and moon stood in their lofty places; They went away at the light of Your arrows, At the radiance of Your flashing spear. 12In indignation You marched through the earth; In anger You trampled the nations.

Habakkuk 3:10 word by word

רָא֤וּךָ יָחִ֙ילוּ֙ הָרִ֔ים זֶ֥רֶם מַ֖יִם עָבָ֑ר נָתַ֤ן תְּהוֹם֙ קוֹל֔וֹ ר֖וֹם יָדֵ֥יהוּ נָשָֽׂא׃Read the interlinear

• The mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• quakedחוּלchûl chîyl · to twist: danceH2342
• The downpourזֶ֫רֶםzerem · stormH2230
• of watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• sweptעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• The deepתְּהוֹםtehôm tehôm · abyssH8415
• raisedנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• its voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• It liftedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• highרוֹםrôm · heightH7315
• its handsיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for Habakkuk 3:10

• Habakkuk 3:6He stood and caused the earth to shudder; He looked and caused the nations to jump. Yes, the everlasting mountains were shattered, The ancient hills collapsed. His paths are everlasting.
• Exodus 19:16So it came about on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud over the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
• Judges 5:4Lord, when You went out from Seir, When You marched from the field of Edom, The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped, The clouds also dripped water.
• Psalms 68:7God, when You went forth before Your people, When You marched through the desert, Selah
• Psalms 77:18The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightning lit up the world; The earth trembled and shook.
• Psalms 97:4His lightning lit up the world; The earth saw it and trembled.
• Psalms 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, The hills, like lambs.
• Isaiah 64:1Oh, that You would tear open the heavens and come down, That the mountains would quake at Your presence--
• Jeremiah 4:24I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, And all the hills jolted back and forth.
• Micah 1:4The mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place.
• Nahum 1:5Mountains quake because of Him, And the hills come apart; Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence, The world and all the inhabitants in it.
• Matthew 27:51And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split.
• Revelation 6:14The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
• Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled, and no place was found for them.
• Exodus 14:22So the sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right and on their left.
• Joshua 3:15and when those who were carrying the ark came up to the Jordan and the feet of the priests carrying the ark stepped down into the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest),

Commentaries on Habakkuk 3:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10The mountains saw thee - This is the continued answer to the questions in Habakkuk 3:8. These are figures highly poetic, to show with what ease God accomplished the most arduous tasks in behalf of his people. As soon as the mountains saw him, they trembled, they were in pangs. When he appeared, the sea fled to right and left, to give him a passage. "It uttered its voice." The separation of the waters occasioned a terrible noise. "And it lifted up its…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The mountains saw Thee and they trembled - literally, “they tremble.” While man is insensate, inanimate nature feels and attests the presence of its Maker. “It saw it trembles.” To see, feel, tremble were one. The prophet does not follow a bare order of events, or bind himself to miracles which actually took place. The mountains tremble with earthquakes, or seem to be shaken by the thunders which they re-echo. And so they are signs, how what is firmest…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. 10water: See study note on Habakkuk 3:8 and also Exodus 15:1–18.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. The mountains--repetition with increased emphasis of some of the tremendous phenomena mentioned in Ha 3:6. overflowing of the water passed by--namely, of the Red Sea; and again, of the Jordan. God marked His favor to His people in all the elements, causing every obstacle, whether mountains or waters, which impeded their progress, to "pass away" [Calvin]. Maurer, not so well, translates, "torrents (rains) of water rush down." lifted ... hands on…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