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Habakkuk 3:8

6 He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.

7 I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.

Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?

9 You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.

10 The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.

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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
Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?
KJV
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?
WEB
Was the LORD displeased with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers, or your wrath against the sea, that you rode on your horses, on your chariots of salvation?
ASV
Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers, Or thy wrath against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Upon thy chariots of salvation?
DARBY
Was Jehovah wrathful with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers? Was thy rage against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Thy chariots of salvation?
BLB
Against the rivers did it burn, O YHWH—Your anger against the rivers? Or [was] Your wrath against the sea, when You rode on Your horses, Your chariots of salvation?
ÅB
Harmes du, Herre, på elvene, er din vrede tent opp mot dem, eller din harme mot havet, siden du farer fram på dine hester, på dine seierrike vogner?
OTB
Var Herren sint på elvene?
Var Din vrede mot bekkene?
Raste Du mot havet
da Du red på Dine hester
og Dine frelsesvogner?
B1930
Harmes du, Herre, på elvene, er din vrede optendt mot dem, eller din harme mot havet, siden du farer frem på dine hester, på dine seierrike vogner?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 68:17

    The chariots of God are tens of thousands— thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.

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  • Deuteronomy 33:26–27

    “There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.

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  • Exodus 14:21–22

    Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

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  • Psalms 114:3

    The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;

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  • Psalms 114:5

    Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,

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  • Psalms 18:10

    He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

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  • Isaiah 50:2

    Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

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  • Nahum 1:4

    He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.

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