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Habakkuk 3:8-16
English Standard Version
Habakkuk 3:8-16
English Standard Version
8 (A)Was your wrath against the rivers, O Lord?
Was your anger against the rivers,
(B)or your indignation against the sea,
(C)when you rode on your horses,
(D)on your chariot of salvation?
9 You stripped the sheath from your bow,
calling for many arrows.[a] Selah
(E)You split the earth with rivers.
10 (F)The mountains saw you and writhed;
the raging waters swept on;
(G)the deep gave forth its voice;
(H)it lifted its hands on high.
11 (I)The sun and moon stood still in their place
(J)at the light of your arrows as they sped,
at the flash of your glittering spear.
12 (K)You marched through the earth in fury;
(L)you threshed the nations in anger.
13 (M)You went out for the salvation of your people,
for the salvation of (N)your anointed.
(O)You crushed the head of the house of the wicked,
laying him bare from thigh to neck.[b] Selah
14 You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors,
who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,
rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.
15 (P)You trampled the sea with your horses,
the surging of mighty waters.
16 (Q)I hear, and (R)my body trembles;
my lips quiver at the sound;
(S)rottenness enters into my bones;
my legs tremble beneath me.
Yet (T)I will quietly wait for the day of trouble
to come upon people who invade us.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 3:9 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain
- Habakkuk 3:13 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain
Habakkuk 3:8-16
New International Version
Habakkuk 3:8-16
New International Version
8 Were you angry with the rivers,(A) Lord?
Was your wrath against the streams?
Did you rage against the sea(B)
when you rode your horses
and your chariots to victory?(C)
9 You uncovered your bow,
you called for many arrows.(D)
You split the earth with rivers;
10 the mountains saw you and writhed.(E)
Torrents of water swept by;
the deep roared(F)
and lifted its waves(G) on high.
11 Sun and moon stood still(H) in the heavens
at the glint of your flying arrows,(I)
at the lightning(J) of your flashing spear.
12 In wrath you strode through the earth
and in anger you threshed(K) the nations.
13 You came out(L) to deliver(M) your people,
to save your anointed(N) one.
You crushed(O) the leader of the land of wickedness,
you stripped him from head to foot.
14 With his own spear you pierced his head
when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,(P)
gloating as though about to devour
the wretched(Q) who were in hiding.
15 You trampled the sea(R) with your horses,
churning the great waters.(S)
Habakkuk 3:8-16
King James Version
Habakkuk 3:8-16
King James Version
8 Was 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?
9 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
10 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.
11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
13 Thou 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.
14 Thou 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.
15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
16 When 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.
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