Habakkuk 3:13

Salvation God's power and sovereignty

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.

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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah
KJV: 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.
WEB: You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You stripped them head to foot. Selah.
ASV: Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou woundest the head out of the house of the wicked man, Laying bare the foundation even unto the neck. Selah.
DARBY: Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou didst smite off the head from the house of the wicked, Laying bare the foundation even to the neck. Selah.
BLB: You went forth for the salvation of Your people, for salvation with Your anointed; You struck the head of the house of the wicked, uncovering [him] from base to neck. Selah

ÅB: Du drar ut til frelse for ditt folk, til frelse for din salvede; du knuser taket på den ugudeliges[^4] hus, du avdekker grunnvollen like til halsen. Sela.
OTB: Du gikk ut for å frelse Ditt folk,
for å frelse Din salvede.
Du knuste hodet til ondskapens hus,
la ham bar fra fot til nakke. Sela
B1930: Du drar ut til frelse for ditt folk, til frelse for din salvede; du knuser taket på den ugudeliges hus, du avdekker grunnvollen like til halsen. Sela. / < kaldeerkongens.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 110:6
He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
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Psalms 105:15
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
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Exodus 14:13–14
And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
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Joshua 11:12
And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.
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Psalms 68:19–23
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
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Joshua 10:11
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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Exodus 15:1–2
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
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Joshua 10:24
And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
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