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Habakkuk 3:11

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.

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.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
KJV
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.
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.
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.
BLB
The sun [and] moon stood still in its high place; at the light of Your arrows they went forth, at the brightness of the flashing of Your spear.
ÅB
Sol og måne treder inn i sin bolig for lyset av dine piler, som farer fram, for glansen av ditt lynende spyd.
OTB
Sol og måne sto stille på sine steder
ved lyset av Dine flygende piler,
ved glansen av Ditt blinkende spyd.
B1930
Sol og måne treder inn i sin bolig for lyset av dine piler, som farer frem, for glansen av ditt lynende spyd.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 144:5–6

    Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

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  • Psalms 18:12–14

    At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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,

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  • Psalms 77:17–18

    The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.

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