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 is ready for action; you commission your arrows. Selah. You cause flash floods on the earth’s surface. 10When the mountains see you, they shake. The torrential downpour sweeps through. The great deep shouts out; it lifts its hands high. The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear. 12You furiously stomp on the earth, you angrily trample down the nations. 13You march out to deliver your people, to deliver your special servant. You strike the leader of the wicked nation, laying him open from the lower body to the neck. Selah.

Habakkuk 3:11 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• The sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
• moonיָרֵחַyârêach · moonH3394
• stood stillעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• in their habitationזְבֻלzebûl zebûl · elevationH2073
• at the lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
• of thine arrowsחֵץchêts · arrowH2671
• they wentהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• at the shiningנֹ֫גַהּnôgahh · brightnessH5051
• of thy glitteringבָּרָקbârâq · lightningH1300
• spearחֲנִיתchănîyth · spearH2595

Cross-references for Habakkuk 3:11

• Joshua 10:12The day the Lord delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua prayed to the Lord before Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon! O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon!”
• Isaiah 28:21For the Lord will rise up, as he did at Mount Perazim, he will rouse himself, as he did in the Valley of Gibeon, to accomplish his work, his peculiar work, to perform his task, his strange task.
• Isaiah 38:8Look, I will make the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz.” And then the shadow went back ten steps.
• Psalms 19:4Yet its voice echoes throughout the earth; its words carry to the distant horizon. In the sky he has pitched a tent for the sun.
• Joshua 10:11As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from Beth Horon, the Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, all the way to Azekah. They died – in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.
• Psalms 18:12From the brightness in front of him came hail and fiery coals.
• Psalms 77:17The clouds poured down rain; the skies thundered. Yes, your arrows flashed about.
• Psalms 144:5O Lord, make the sky sink and come down! Touch the mountains and make them smolder!

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