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The ancient mountains crumbled and the age-old hills collapsed— but he marches on forever. <a href="/nlt/habakkuk/3.htm">New Living Translation</a> When he stops, the earth shakes. When he looks, the nations tremble. He shatters the everlasting mountains and levels the eternal hills. He is the Eternal One! <a href="/esv/habakkuk/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> He stood and measured the earth; he looked and shook the nations; then the eternal mountains were scattered; the everlasting hills sank low. His were the everlasting ways. <a href="/bsb/habakkuk/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting. <a href="/kjv/habakkuk/3.htm">King James Bible</a> He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. <a href="/nkjv/habakkuk/3.htm">New King James Version</a> He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations. And the everlasting mountains were scattered, The perpetual hills bowed. His ways are everlasting. <a href="/nasb_/habakkuk/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> He stood and caused the earth to shudder; He looked and caused the nations to jump. Yes, the everlasting mountains were shattered, The ancient hills collapsed. His paths are everlasting. <a href="/nasb/habakkuk/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> He stood and surveyed the earth; He looked and startled the nations. Yes, the perpetual mountains were shattered, The ancient hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting. <a href="/nasb77/habakkuk/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> He stood and surveyed the earth; He looked and startled the nations. Yes, the perpetual mountains were shattered, The ancient hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting. <a href="/lsb/habakkuk/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> He stood and measured out the earth; He looked and startled the nations. So the perpetual mountains were shattered; The ancient hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting. <a href="/amp/habakkuk/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations, Yes, the eternal mountains were shattered, The ancient hills bowed low and collapsed. His ways are eternal. <a href="/csb/habakkuk/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> He stands and shakes the earth; he looks and startles the nations. The age-old mountains break apart; the ancient hills sink down. His pathways are ancient. <a href="/hcsb/habakkuk/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> He stands and shakes the earth; He looks and startles the nations. The age-old mountains break apart; the ancient hills sink down. His pathways are ancient. <a href="/asv/habakkuk/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were as of old. <a href="/cev/habakkuk/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> When you stopped, the earth shook; when you stared, nations trembled; when you walked along your ancient paths, eternal mountains and hills crumbled and collapsed. <a href="/erv/habakkuk/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> He stood, and measured the earth; he beheld, and drove asunder the nations: and the eternal mountains were scattered, the everlasting hills did bow; his goings were as of old. <a href="/gwt/habakkuk/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> He stands and shakes the earth. He casts a glance and startles the nations. The oldest mountains break apart. The ancient hills sink. The ancient paths belong to him. <a href="/gnt/habakkuk/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> When he stops, the earth shakes; at his glance the nations tremble. The eternal mountains are shattered; the everlasting hills sink down, the hills where he walked in ancient times. <a href="/isv/habakkuk/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> He stood up and shook the land; with his stare he startled the nations. The age-old mountains were shattered, and the ancient hilltops bowed down. His ways are eternal. <a href="/msb/habakkuk/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting. <a href="/net/habakkuk/3.htm">NET Bible</a> He takes his battle position and shakes the earth; with a mere look he frightens the nations. The ancient mountains disintegrate; the primeval hills are flattened. He travels on the ancient roads. <a href="/nheb/habakkuk/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal. <a href="/wbt/habakkuk/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. <a href="/web/habakkuk/3.htm">World English Bible</a> He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/habakkuk/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> He has stood, and He measures earth, "" He has seen, and He shakes off nations, "" And mountains of antiquity scatter themselves, "" The hills of old have bowed, "" The ways of old [are] His. <a href="/ylt/habakkuk/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> He hath stood, and He measureth earth, He hath seen, and He shaketh off nations, And scatter themselves do mountains of antiquity, Bowed have the hills of old, The ways of old are His. <a href="/slt/habakkuk/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> He stood, and he will measure the earth: he saw, and he will cause the nations to tremble, and the mountains of eternity will be dispersed, the perpetual hills bowed down: the goings everlasting to him.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/habakkuk/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> He stood and measured the earth. He beheld, and melted the nations: and the ancient mountains were crushed to pieces. The hills of the world were bowed down by the journeys of his eternity. <a href="/cpdv/habakkuk/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> He stood, and measured the earth. He looked, and dissolved the Gentiles. And the mountains of ages past have been shattered. The hills of the world became curved by the journeys of his eternity. <a href="/nabre/habakkuk/3.htm">New American Bible</a> He stood and shook the earth; he looked and made the nations tremble. Ancient mountains were shattered, the age-old hills bowed low, age-old orbits collapsed. <a href="/nrsvce/habakkuk/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> He stopped and shook the earth; he looked and made the nations tremble. The eternal mountains were shattered; along his ancient pathways the everlasting hills sank low.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/habakkuk/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> He stood and measured the earth; he beheld and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the eternal hills were brought low; his ways are everlasting. <a href="/hpbt/habakkuk/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> He arose and he measured the land; he gazed and the nations were false; the mountains were scattered that were from eternity, and the hills that are from eternities were laid low; his are the goings that were from eternity!<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/habakkuk/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> He standeth, and shaketh the earth, He beholdeth, and maketh the nations to tremble; And the everlasting mountains are dashed in pieces, The ancient hills do bow; His goings are as of old. <a href="/sep/habakkuk/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> the earth stood at his feet and trembled: he beheld, and the nations melted away: the mountains were violently burst through, the everlasting hills melted at his everlasting going forth. <a href="/parallel/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ryPix4COoVE?start=478" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/habakkuk/3.htm">Habakkuk's Prayer</a> …5Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps. 6<a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: ‘ā·maḏ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">He stood</a> <a href="/hebrew/4128.htm" title="4128: way·mō·ḏeḏ (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To shake. A primitive root; to shake.">and measured</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the earth;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: rā·’āh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">He looked</a> <a href="/hebrew/5425.htm" title="5425: way·yat·têr (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to jump, i.e. Be violently agitated; causatively, to terrify, shake off, untie.">and startled</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: gō·w·yim (N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">the nations;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5703.htm" title="5703: ‘aḏ (N-ms) -- Perpetuity. From adah; properly, a terminus, i.e. duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity.">the ancient</a> <a href="/hebrew/2042.htm" title="2042: har·rê- (N-mpc) -- Hill, mountain. From an unused root meaning to loom up; a mountain.">mountains</a> <a href="/hebrew/6327.htm" title="6327: way·yiṯ·pō·ṣə·ṣū (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To be dispersed or scattered. A primitive root; to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively.">crumbled;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">the perpetual</a> <a href="/hebrew/1389.htm" title="1389: giḇ·‘ō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- A hill. Feminine from the same as Geba'; a hillock.">hills</a> <a href="/hebrew/7817.htm" title="7817: ša·ḥū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To bow, be bowed down, crouch. A primitive root; to sink or depress.">collapsed.</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">His</a> <a href="/hebrew/1979.htm" title="1979: hă·lî·ḵō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- A going, way, traveling company. Feminine of haliyk; a walking; by implication, a procession or march, a caravan.">ways are</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">everlasting.</a> 7I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/77-16.htm">Psalm 77:16-18</a> The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken. / The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth. / Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked. <a href="/psalms/114-3.htm">Psalm 114:3-7</a> The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back; / the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. / Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back, ... <a href="/exodus/15-13.htm">Exodus 15:13-16</a> With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling. / The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia. / Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away, ... <a href="/isaiah/64-1.htm">Isaiah 64:1-3</a> If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence, / as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence! / When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence. <a href="/nahum/1-5.htm">Nahum 1:5-6</a> The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers. / Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him. <a href="/micah/1-3.htm">Micah 1:3-4</a> For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth. / The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope. <a href="/psalms/97-4.htm">Psalm 97:4-5</a> His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles. / The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. <a href="/isaiah/2-19.htm">Isaiah 2:19-21</a> Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth. / In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship. / They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth. <a href="/psalms/18-7.htm">Psalm 18:7-9</a> Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger. / Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth. / He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet. <a href="/isaiah/13-13.htm">Isaiah 13:13</a> Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger. <a href="/revelation/6-14.htm">Revelation 6:14</a> The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. <a href="/revelation/16-18.htm">Revelation 16:18-20</a> And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake. / The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath. / Then every island fled, and no mountain could be found. <a href="/hebrews/12-26.htm">Hebrews 12:26-27</a> At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.” / The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain. <a href="/matthew/24-29.htm">Matthew 24:29</a> Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’ <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">2 Peter 3:10-12</a> But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare. / Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness / as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.and measured.<a href="/exodus/15-17.htm">Exodus 15:17</a> Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.<a href="/exodus/21-31.htm">Exodus 21:31</a> Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.<a href="/numbers/34-1.htm">Numbers 34:1-29</a> And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, … and drove.<a href="/joshua/10-42.htm">Joshua 10:42</a> And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.<a href="/joshua/11-18.htm">Joshua 11:18-23</a> Joshua made war a long time with all those kings… <a href="/nehemiah/9-22.htm">Nehemiah 9:22-24</a> Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan… the everlasting.<a href="/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Habakkuk 3:10</a> 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.<a href="/genesis/49-26.htm">Genesis 49:26</a> The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.<a href="/deuteronomy/33-15.htm">Deuteronomy 33:15</a> And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,his.<a href="/psalms/90-2.htm">Psalm 90:2</a> Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.<a href="/psalms/103-17.htm">Psalm 103:17</a> But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;<a href="/isaiah/51-6.htm">Isaiah 51:6,8</a> Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/58-12.htm">Age-Old</a> <a href="/micah/5-2.htm">Ancient</a> <a 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class="vheading2">Habakkuk 3</div>1. <a href="/habakkuk/3-1.htm">Habakkuk, in his prayer, trembles at God's majesty.</a> 17. <a href="/habakkuk/3-17.htm">The confidence of his faith.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/habakkuk/3.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div>He stood The phrase "He stood" in <a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Habakkuk 3:6</a> signifies the divine presence and authority of God. In Hebrew, the word used here is "עָמַד" (amad), which conveys the idea of standing firm or taking a position. This imagery suggests God's unchanging nature and His sovereign control over creation. Historically, standing is a posture of readiness and authority, indicating that God is prepared to act on behalf of His people. This evokes a sense of awe and reverence, reminding believers of God's steadfastness and reliability.and measured the earth The act of measuring the earth implies God's dominion and ownership over all creation. The Hebrew root "מָדַד" (madad) means to measure or survey, suggesting a careful and deliberate action. This phrase reflects the biblical theme of God's omniscience and omnipotence, as He knows every detail of the earth He created. It also echoes the ancient Near Eastern practice of kings measuring land to assert control, reinforcing God's ultimate authority over the world.He looked "Looked" in this context is derived from the Hebrew "נָבַט" (nabat), which means to gaze or regard with attention. This indicates God's active involvement and concern for His creation. It is not a passive glance but an intentional observation, suggesting that nothing escapes His notice. This reassures believers that God is aware of their circumstances and is actively engaged in the world.and startled the nations The phrase "startled the nations" conveys the impact of God's presence and actions on the world. The Hebrew word "וַיַּתֵּר" (vayatter) can mean to cause to tremble or to be dismayed. This reflects the biblical theme of God's power to disrupt and challenge the status quo, often leading to a recognition of His sovereignty. Historically, nations have been moved by divine intervention, and this serves as a reminder of God's ability to influence global events.The ancient mountains crumbled "Ancient mountains" refers to the enduring and seemingly unchangeable aspects of creation. The Hebrew "הַרְרֵי־קֶדֶם" (harrei-qedem) emphasizes their age and permanence. The crumbling of these mountains signifies God's power to alter even the most stable elements of the natural world. This imagery is a powerful reminder of God's supremacy over creation and His ability to bring about change in seemingly impossible situations.the perpetual hills collapsed Similar to the mountains, "perpetual hills" symbolize stability and continuity. The Hebrew "גִּבְעוֹת עוֹלָם" (giv'ot olam) suggests hills that have existed from time immemorial. Their collapse underlines the theme of divine intervention and transformation. This serves as a metaphor for God's ability to overturn human expectations and bring about His purposes, encouraging believers to trust in His plans.His ways are everlasting The phrase "His ways are everlasting" highlights the eternal nature of God's character and actions. The Hebrew "דַּרְכֵי עוֹלָם" (darkei olam) suggests paths or ways that are timeless and unchanging. This reassures believers of the consistency and faithfulness of God throughout history. It is an invitation to place trust in God's eternal wisdom and guidance, knowing that His purposes will ultimately prevail.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/habakkuk/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) He stood, and measured the earth . . .--Better, He has taken His stand and measured the earth, He has looked and made the heathen tremble; and the primeval mountains are broken up, the ancient hills sink down; His goings are as of old; i.e., His proceedings are the same as of old time, when He brought up Israel from Egypt. God measures or parcels out the earth; and the usurping invader is put to confusion. The mountains are convulsed, as was Sinai of old. (Comp. <a href="/judges/5-5.htm" title="The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.">Judges 5:5</a>, <a href="/psalms/68-8.htm" title="The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.">Psalm 68:8</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/habakkuk/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - He stood, and measured the earth. God takes his stand, and surveys the earth which he is visiting in judgment. As his glory filled the heavens, so now he with his presence paces the earth, measuring it, as it were, with his foot. He considers, too, all the doings of the children of men, and requites them accordingly. Vulgate, Stetit, et mensus est terram. So the Syriac. On the other hand, the LXX. gives, Αστη καὶ ἐσαλέυθη ἡ γῆ, "The earth stood and quaked." Thus the Chaldee, and many modern commentators, "rocketh the earth." This rendering seems to anticipate what follows, and is not so suitable as the other, though it is quite admissible. Drove asunder. Dispersed and scattered. Septuagint, διετάκη ἔθνη, "nations melted away." Others translate, "made to tremble" (<a href="/exodus/15-15.htm">Exodus 15:15</a>, etc.). The everlasting mountains. Mountains that have lasted as long as creation, and are emblems of stability and permanence (<a href="/deuteronomy/33-15.htm">Deuteronomy 33:15</a>). Were scattered; or, were shattered (comp. <a href="/micah/1-4.htm">Micah 1:4</a>; <a href="/nahum/1-5.htm">Nahum 1:5</a>). His ways are everlasting. This is best taken alone, not as connected grammatically with the preceding clause, and epexegetical of the "hills and mountains," which are called God's "ways," i.e. his chief creative acts, as <a href="/job/40-19.htm">Job 40:19</a>; <a href="/proverbs/8-22.htm">Proverbs 8:22</a>; but it means that, as God acted of old, so he acts now; "The ancient ways of acting are his" (<a href="/proverbs/31-27.htm">Proverbs 31:27</a>). "He reneweth his progresses of old time" (Delitzsch). The eternal, unchangeable purpose and operation of God are contrasted with the disruption of "the everlasting hills." The Greek and Latin Versions connect the words with what precedes. Septuagint, Ἐτάκησαν βουνοὶ αἰώνιοι πορείας αἰωνίας, "The everlasting hills melted at his everlasting goings;" Vulgate, Incurvati sunt colles mundi ab itineribus aeternitatis ejus, where the idea seems to be that the high places of the earth are God's paths when he visits the world. <a href="/commentaries/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>He stood עָמַ֣ד ׀ (‘ā·maḏ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> To stand, in various relations and measured וַיְמֹ֣דֶד (way·mō·ḏeḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4058.htm">Strong's 4058: </a> To stretch, to measure, to be extended the earth; אֶ֗רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land He looked רָאָה֙ (rā·’āh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see and startled וַיַּתֵּ֣ר (way·yat·têr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5425.htm">Strong's 5425: </a> To jump, be violently agitated, to terrify, shake off, untie the nations; גּוֹיִ֔ם (gō·w·yim) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts the ancient עַ֔ד (‘aḏ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5703.htm">Strong's 5703: </a> A, terminus, duration, advance, perpetuity mountains הַרְרֵי־ (har·rê-) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2042.htm">Strong's 2042: </a> Hill, mountain were scattered; וַיִּתְפֹּֽצְצוּ֙ (way·yiṯ·pō·ṣə·ṣū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6327.htm">Strong's 6327: </a> To be dispersed or scattered the perpetual עוֹלָ֑ם (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always hills גִּבְע֣וֹת (giḇ·‘ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1389.htm">Strong's 1389: </a> A hillock bowed. שַׁח֖וּ (ša·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7817.htm">Strong's 7817: </a> To bow, be bowed down, crouch His לֽוֹ׃ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> ways [are] הֲלִיכ֥וֹת (hă·lî·ḵō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1979.htm">Strong's 1979: </a> A walking, a procession, march, a caravan everlasting. עוֹלָ֖ם (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Habakkuk 3:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Habakkuk 3:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Habakkuk 3:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Habakkuk 3:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Habakkuk 3:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Habakkuk 3:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Habakkuk 3:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Habakkuk 3:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Habakkuk 3:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Habakkuk 3:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">OT Prophets: Habakkuk 3:6 He stood and shook the earth (Hab Hb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/habakkuk/3-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Habakkuk 3:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Habakkuk 3:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/habakkuk/3-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Habakkuk 3:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Habakkuk 3:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>