Habakkuk 3 · Verse 10

Habakkuk 3:10

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.
Habakkuk 3:10, King James Version

Habakkuk 3:10 in other translations

BSBThe mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.
WEBThe mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.
ASVThe mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.
YLTSeen thee--pained are mountains, An inundation of waters hath passed over, Given forth hath the deep its voice, High its hands it hath lifted up.
DARBYThe mountains saw thee, they were in travail: Torrents of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, Lifted up its hands on high.
BBEThe mountains saw you and were moved with fear; the clouds were streaming with water: the voice of the deep was sounding; the sun did not come up, and the moon kept still in her place.
WebsterThe 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.

What does Habakkuk 3:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. 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 high--namely, its billows lifted on high by the tempest. Personification. As men signify by voice or gesture of hand that they will do what they are commanded, so these parts of nature testified their obedience to God's will (Ex 14:22; Jos 3:16; Psa 77:17, 18; 114:4).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 The mountains saw thee - This is the continued answer to the questions in Hab 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 hands on high." Its waters, being separated, stood in heaps on the right hand and left. These heaps or waves are poetically represented here as the hands of the sea.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Habakkuk 3:3-15

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…

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Habakkuk 3:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

רָא֤וּךָra.'U.khathey have seen youH7200
יָחִ֙ילוּ֙ya.Chi.luthey writheH2342
הָרִ֔יםha.RimmountainsH2022
זֶ֥רֶםZe.rema downpour ofH2230
מַ֖יִםMa.yimwaterH4325
עָבָ֑ר'a.Varit has passed overH5674
נָתַ֤ןna.Tanit has given forthH5414
תְּהוֹם֙te.hOm[the] deepH8415
קוֹל֔וֹko.Lovoice itsH6963
ר֖וֹםRomheightH7315
יָדֵ֥יהוּya.Dei.huhands itsH3027
נָשָֽׂא\׃na.Sa'it has liftedH5375

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Cross references for Habakkuk 3:10

  • Psalms 98:7-8

    Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together

  • Jeremiah 4:24

    I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

  • Psalms 93:3

    The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

  • Joshua 4:23-24

    For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever.

  • Isaiah 43:20

    The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

  • Hebrews 11:29

    By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.

  • Joshua 4:18

    And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.

  • Isaiah 63:11-13

    Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?

  • Exodus 19:16-18

    And 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. And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

  • Psalms 74:13-15

    Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

  • Matthew 27:51

    And, 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;

  • Psalms 136:13-15

    To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever: But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
mountains.
6; Ex 19:16-18; Jud 5:4,5; Ps 68:7,8; 77:18; 97:4,5; 114:4,6
Isa 64:1,2; Jer 4:24; Mic 1:4; Na 1:5; Mt 27:51; Re 6:14; 20:11
the overflowing.
Ex 14:22-28; Jos 3:15,16; 4:18,23,24; Ne 9:11; Ps 18:15; 66:6
Ps 74:13-15; 77:16-19; 114:3-8; 136:13-15; Isa 11:15,16; 63:11-13
Heb 11:29; Re 16:12
the deep.
Ps 65:13; 93:3; 96:11-13; 98:7,8; Isa 43:20; 55:12

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Context

  • Habakkuk 3:9

    Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

  • Habakkuk 3:10

    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.

  • Habakkuk 3:11

    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.

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Habakkuk 3:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Viéronte, y tuvieron temor los montes: pasó la inundación de las aguas: el abismo dió su voz, la hondura alzó sus manos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Les montagnes te virent, elles tremblèrent; des torrents d’eau passèrent, l’abîme fit retentir sa voix; il leva ses mains en haut.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Es sahen dich, es zitterten die Berge; eine Wasserflut fuhr daher, die Tiefe ließ ihre Stimme erschallen, zur Höhe erhob sie ihre Hände.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Viderunt te, et doluerunt montes; gurges aquarum transiit: dedit abyssus vocem suam; altitudo manus suas levavit.