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

8Was Yhwh displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? 9Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. 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. 11The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. 12Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.

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
• they trembledחוּלchûl chîyl · to twist: danceH2342
• the overflowingזֶ֫רֶםzerem · stormH2230
• of the waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• passed byעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• the deepתְּהוֹםtehôm tehôm · abyssH8415
• utteredנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• his voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• lifted upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• his handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• on highרוֹםrôm · heightH7315

Cross-references for Habakkuk 3:10

• Habakkuk 3:6He 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.
• Exodus 19:16And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
• Judges 5:4Yhwh, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
• Psalms 68:7O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
• Psalms 77:18The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
• Psalms 97:4His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
• Psalms 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
• Isaiah 64:1Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
• Jeremiah 4:24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
• Micah 1:4And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
• Nahum 1:5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
• Matthew 27:51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
• Revelation 6:14And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
• Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
• Exodus 14:22And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
• Joshua 3:15And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time 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