Habakkuk 3

Habakkuk · Chapter 3

Habakkuk 3:11

1A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.2O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.4And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.5Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.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.7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.8Was the LORD 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.10The 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.13Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.14Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.15Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.16When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.17Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:18Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.19The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
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.Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows as they went, At the shining of thy glittering spear.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
sunשֶׁ֥מֶשׁSHE-meshH8121
to minister

שְׁמַשׁ (she.mash) (Pael) to minister, serve Aramaic of she.mesh (שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ "sun" H8121)

moonיָרֵ֖חַya-RE-achH3394
moon

יָרֵחַ (ya.re.ach) moon

it has stood stillעָ֣מַד'A-madH5975G
to stand: stand

עָמַד (a.mad) : stand/stop/establish 1) to stand, remain, endure, take one's stand 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stand, take one's stand, be in a standing attitude, stand forth, take a stand, present oneself, attend upon, be or become servant of 1a2) to stand still, stop (moving or doing), cease 1a3) to tarry, delay, remain, continue, abide, endure, persist, be steadfast 1a4) to make a stand, hold one's ground 1a5) to stand upright, remain standing, stand up, rise, be erect, be upright 1a6) to arise, appear, come on the scene, stand forth, appear, rise up or against …

a lofty abode towardsזְבֻ֑לָהze-VU-lahH2073
elevation

זְבֻל (ze.vul) exalted, residence, elevation, lofty abode, height, habitation

to lightלְא֤וֹרle-'orH0216
light

אוֹר (or) 1) light 1a) light of day 1b) light of heavenly luminaries (moon, sun, stars) 1c) day-break, dawn, morning light 1d) daylight 1e) lightning 1f) light of lamp 1g) light of life 1h) light of prosperity 1i) light of instruction 1j) light of face (fig.) 1k) Jehovah as Israel's light

arrows yourחִצֶּ֙יךָ֙chi-TZEI-khaH2671
arrow

חֵץ (chets) arrow

they goיְהַלֵּ֔כוּye-ha-LE-khuH1980I
to go

הוּךְ (hukh) (P'al) to go, come, walk, be brought Aramaic of ha.lakh (הָלַךְ ": walk" H1980)

to brightnessלְנֹ֖גַהּle-NO-gahH5051
brightness

נֹ֫גַהּ (no.gah) brightness Aramaic equivalent: no.gah (נֹ֫גַהּ "daylight" H5053)

[the] lightning flash ofבְּרַ֥קbe-RAKH1300B
lightning

בָּרָק (ba.raq) 1) lightning 1a) lightnings, lightning flashes 1b) of flashing arrow-head (fig.)

spear yourחֲנִיתֶֽךָ׃cha-ni-TE-khaH2595
spear

חֲנִית (cha.nit) 1) spear 1a) spear 1a1) shaft of a spear 1a2) spear-head

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.