Tree of Life Version
Habakkuk 1:10
10He scoffs at kings, and rulers are a joke to him. He laughs at every stronghold— he heaps up dirt and takes it.
Habakkuk 1:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
- New International Version (NIV)They mock kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities; by building earthen ramps they capture them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)At kings they scoff, and at rulers they laugh. They laugh at every fortress, for they pile up earth and take it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They scoff at kings, And princes are scorned by them. They deride every stronghold, For they heap up earthen mounds and seize it.
Context of Habakkuk 1:10
8Its horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Its horsemen come galloping. Its horsemen are coming from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to eat. 9All of them come for violence— an assembling of faces to the east. He gathers captives like sand. He scoffs at kings, and rulers are a joke to him. He laughs at every stronghold— he heaps up dirt and takes it. 11Then a wind sweeps through and passes on. He is guilty— This, his strength, is his god.” 12Are not You from antiquity— Adonai my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Adonai, You have ordained him for judgment—as You, O Rock, have established him to chasten.
Read all of Habakkuk 1Habakkuk 1:10 word by word
וְהוּא֙ בַּמְּלָכִ֣ים יִתְקַלָּ֔ס וְרֹזְנִ֖ים מִשְׂחָ֣ק ל֑וֹ ה֚וּא לְכָל־מִבְצָ֣ר יִשְׂחָ֔ק וַיִּצְבֹּ֥ר עָפָ֖ר וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And they shall scoffקָלַסqâlas · to mockH7046
- at the kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- and the princesרָזַןrâzan · to ruleH7336
- shall be a scornמִשְׂחַקmiώchâq · laughingH4890
- unto them: they shall derideשָׂחַקώâchaq · to laughH7832
- every strong holdמִבְצָרmibtsâr mibtsârâh · fortificationH4013
- for they shall heapצָבַרtsâbar · to heapH6651
- dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
- and takeלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
Cross-references for Habakkuk 1:10
- 2 Kings 24:12Then King Jehoiachin of Judah, his mother, his courtiers, his officials, and his eunuchs surrendered to the king of Babylon. So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign.
- 2 Kings 25:6So they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and passed sentence on him.
- 2 Chronicles 36:6Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched against him and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
- Isaiah 14:16Those who see you will stare at you, reflecting on what has become of you: “Is this the one who shook the earth, who made kingdoms tremble,
- Jeremiah 32:24Look, the siege ramps have just come up to the city to take it. The city has been handed over to the Chaldeans fighting against it, because of the sword, the famine and the pestilence. What You have spoken has happened. Here it is, You see it.
- Jeremiah 33:4For thus says Adonai, the God of Israel: “Concerning the houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are torn down against the siege ramps and against the sword,
- Jeremiah 52:4It came to pass in the ninth year of his reign in the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came—he and all his army—against Jerusalem, and besieged it. They built a siege wall all around it.
Commentaries on Habakkuk 1:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10They shall scoff at the kings - No power shall be able to stand before them. It will be only as pastime to them to take the strongest places. They will have no need to build formidable ramparts: by sweeping the dust together they shall make mounts sufficient to pass over the walls and take the city.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10And they - literally, “he,” the word stands emphatically, he, alone against all the kings of the earth Shall scoff at the kings - and all their might taking them away or setting them up at his pleasure and caprice, subduing them as though in sport And princes - literally, grave and majestic Shall be a scorn unto them - i. e. him. Compare Job 41:29. So Nebuchadnezzar bound Jehoiakim 2 Chronicles 36:6; Daniel 1:2 “in fetters to carry him to Babylon;” then…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10In the ancient Near East, armies often attacked cities by piling up earth to make ramps against city walls. This battle method is described in several places in the Bible (for example, 2 Kings 19:32; Nahum 2:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. scoff at ... kings--as unable to resist them. they shall heap dust, and take it--"they shall heap" earth mounds outside, and so "take every stronghold" (compare 2Sa 20:15; 2Ki 19:32) [Grotius].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Habakkuk 1
- 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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