Tree of Life Version
Habakkuk 3:6
6He stood, and the earth shook. He looked, and startled nations. Ancient mountains were shattered, hills of antiquity sank down. 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 King James Version (NKJV)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.
Context of Habakkuk 3:6
4With brilliance like light, rays emanate from His hand. There His power was hidden. 5Pestilence goes before Him, a fiery bolt goes forth at His feet. He stood, and the earth shook. He looked, and startled nations. Ancient mountains were shattered, hills of antiquity sank down. His ways are everlasting. 7I saw tents of Cushan under calamity. The curtains of the land of Midian are trembling. 8Adonai, is your wrath against rivers? Or Your anger at the rivers? Or is Your fury with the sea? For You ride on Your horses, Your chariots of salvation!
Read all of Habakkuk 3Habakkuk 3:6 word by word
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 bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance, the place, Adonai, that You have made for Yourself to dwell in— the Sanctuary, Adonai, which Your hands have prepared.
- Exodus 21:31Whether it has gored a son or daughter, this rule is to be applied to him.
- Numbers 34:1Adonai spoke to Moses saying,
- Deuteronomy 32:8When Elyon gave nations their heritage, when He separated the sons of man, He set boundaries for the people by the number of Bnei-Yisrael.
- Acts 17:26From one He made every nation of men to live on the face of the earth, having set appointed times and the boundaries of their territory.
- Joshua 10:42Thus Joshua captured all those kings and their lands at a single stroke, because Adonai God of Israel fought for Israel.
- Joshua 11:18For a long time Joshua made war with all those kings.
- Nehemiah 9:22“You gave them kingdoms and peoples and You allotted them their boundaries of the land. They possessed the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and the country of Og king of Bashan.
- Psalms 135:8He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, both man and beast.
- Habakkuk 3:10The mountains saw You and writhe. A downpour of water overflows. The deep gives its voice— it lifts up hands high.
- Genesis 49:26The blessings of your father surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains, the desire of the everlasting hills. May they be upon Joseph’s head, upon the crown of the one set apart from his brothers.
- Deuteronomy 33:15and with the best from the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills,
- Judges 5:5The mountains quaked before Adonai, this Sinai at the presence of Adonai, the God of Israel!
- Psalms 68:16Mount Bashan is a mountain of God. Mount Bashan is a mountain of peaks.
- Psalms 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
- Isaiah 64:1As fire kindles brushwood, as fire causes water to boil, make Your Name known to Your foes, so the nations may tremble before You!
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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