New King James Version
Habakkuk 3:6
6He 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.
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 Living Translation (NLT)When he stops, the earth shakes. When he looks, the nations tremble. He shatters the everlasting mountains and levels the eternal hills. He is the Eternal One!
Context of Habakkuk 3:6
4His brightness was like the light; He had rays flashing from His hand, And there His power was hidden. 5Before Him went pestilence, And fever followed at His feet. 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. 7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian trembled. 8O Lord, were You displeased with the rivers, Was Your anger against the rivers, Was Your wrath against the sea, That You rode on Your horses, Your chariots of salvation?
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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 in and plant them In the mountain of Your inheritance, In the place, O Lord, which You have made For Your own dwelling, The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.
- Exodus 21:31Whether it has gored a son or gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.
- Numbers 34:1Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
- Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, When He separated the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
- Acts 17:26And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,
- Joshua 10:42All these kings and their land Joshua took at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.
- Joshua 11:18Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
- Nehemiah 9:22“Moreover You gave them kingdoms and nations, And divided them into districts. So they took possession of the land of Sihon, The land of the king of Heshbon, And the land of Og king of Bashan.
- Psalms 135:8He destroyed the firstborn of Egypt, Both of man and beast.
- Habakkuk 3:10The mountains saw You and trembled; The overflowing of the water passed by. The deep uttered its voice, And lifted its hands on high.
- Genesis 49:26The blessings of your father Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors, Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.
- Deuteronomy 33:15With the best things of the ancient mountains, With the precious things of the everlasting hills,
- Judges 5:5The mountains gushed before the Lord, This Sinai, before the Lord God of Israel.
- Psalms 68:16Why do you fume with envy, you mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain which God desires to dwell in; Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever.
- Psalms 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs.
- Isaiah 64:1Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! That the mountains might shake 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
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