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.
Habakkuk 3:11 in other translations
| BSB | Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear. |
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| WEB | The sun and moon stood still in the sky at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | Sun--moon--hath stood--a habitation, At the light thine arrows go on, At the brightness, the glittering of thy spear. |
| DARBY | The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows which shot forth, — At the shining of thy glittering spear. |
| BBE | At the light of your arrows they went away, at the shining of your polished spear. |
| Webster | The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thy arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. |
What does Habakkuk 3:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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…
Habakkuk 3:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Habakkuk 3:11
- Psalms 144:5-6
Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
- Psalms 18:12-14
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
- Joshua 10:11-13
And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth–horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
- Isaiah 38:8
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
- Isaiah 28:21
For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
- Psalms 19:4
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
- Psalms 77:17-18
The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
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Context
- 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.
- Habakkuk 3:12
Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
Habakkuk 3:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El sol y la luna se pararon en su estancia: á la luz de tus saetas anduvieron, y al resplandor de tu fulgente lanza. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Le soleil, la lune, s’arrêtèrent dans leur demeure à la lumière de tes flèches qui volaient, à la splendeur de l’éclair de ta lance. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sonne und Mond traten in ihre Wohnung beim Lichte deiner Pfeile, welche daherschossen, beim Glanze deines blitzenden Speeres. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sol et luna steterunt in habitaculo suo: in luce sagittarum tuarum ibunt, in splendore fulgurantis hastæ tuæ. |