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Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its waves on high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/habakkuk/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The mountains watched and trembled. Onward swept the raging waters. The mighty deep cried out, lifting its hands in submission.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/habakkuk/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The mountains saw you and writhed; the raging waters swept on; the deep gave forth its voice; it lifted its hands on high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/habakkuk/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/habakkuk/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The mountains saw thee, <i>and</i> they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, <i>and</i> lifted up his hands on high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/habakkuk/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The mountains saw You <i>and</i> trembled; The overflowing of the water passed by. The deep uttered its voice, <i>And</i> lifted its hands on high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/habakkuk/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The mountains saw You <i>and</i> quaked; The downpour of waters swept by. The deep raised its voice, It lifted high its hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/habakkuk/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The mountains saw You and quaked; The downpour of waters swept by. The deep uttered forth its voice, It lifted high its hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/habakkuk/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The mountains saw Thee <i>and</i> quaked; The downpour of waters swept by. The deep uttered forth its voice, It lifted high its hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/habakkuk/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The mountains saw You <i>and</i> writhed; The downpour of waters passed by. The deep gave forth its voice; It lifted high its hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/habakkuk/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The mountains saw You and [they] trembled <i>and</i> writhed [as if in pain]; The downpour of waters swept by [as a deluge]. The deep uttered its voice <i>and</i> raged, It lifted its hands high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/habakkuk/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The mountains see you and shudder; a downpour of water sweeps by. The deep roars with its voice and lifts its waves high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/habakkuk/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The mountains see You and shudder; a downpour of water sweeps by. The deep roars with its voice and lifts its waves high. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/habakkuk/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/habakkuk/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />mountains trembled at the sight of you; rain poured from the clouds; ocean waves roared and rose. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/habakkuk/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; the tempest of waters passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/habakkuk/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The mountains look at you. They writhe in pain. Floodwaters pass by. The deep ocean roars. Its waves rise up high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/habakkuk/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When the mountains saw you, they trembled; water poured down from the skies. The waters under the earth roared, and their waves rose high. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/habakkuk/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When the mountains looked upon you, they trembled; the overflowing water passed by, the ocean shouted, and its waves surged upward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/habakkuk/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/habakkuk/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When the mountains see you, they shake. The torrential downpour sweeps through. The great deep shouts out; it lifts its hands high. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/habakkuk/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/habakkuk/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/habakkuk/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/habakkuk/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Seen You—pained are mountains, "" An inundation of waters has passed over, "" The deep has given forth its voice, "" It has lifted up its hands high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/habakkuk/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Seen thee -- pained are mountains, An inundation of waters hath passed over, Given forth hath the deep its voice, High its hands it hath lifted up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/habakkuk/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />They saw thee, the mountains shall tremble: the pouring of the waters passed by: the deep gave his voice, he lifted up his hands on high.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/habakkuk/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The mountains saw thee, and were grieved: the great body of waters passed away. The deep put forth its voice: the deep lifted up its hands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/habakkuk/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />They saw you, and the mountains grieved. The great body of waters crossed over. The abyss uttered its voice. The pinnacle lifted up its hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/habakkuk/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />at the sight of you the mountains writhed. The clouds poured down water; the deep roared loudly. The sun forgot to rise, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/habakkuk/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The mountains saw you, and writhed; a torrent of water swept by; the deep gave forth its voice. The sun raised high its hands;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/habakkuk/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The mountains saw thee and they quaked; the downpour of the waters passed by; the deep uttered its voice and lifted up its hands on high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/habakkuk/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The mountains saw you and they shook, and a downpour of waters passed through, and the deep up lifted its voice and lifted its hands up high!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/habakkuk/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The mountains have seen Thee, and they tremble; The tempest of waters floweth over; the deep uttereth its voice, And lifteth up its hands on high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/habakkuk/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The nations shall see thee and be in pain, <i>as thou dost</i> divide the moving waters: the deep uttered her voice, and raised her form on high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ryPix4COoVE?start=521" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/habakkuk/3.htm">Habakkuk's Prayer</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·rîm (N-mp) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">The mountains</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: rā·’ū·ḵā (V-Qal-Perf-3cp:: 2ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">saw You</a> <a href="/hebrew/2342.htm" title="2342: yā·ḥî·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- Or chiyl; a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl, i.e. to dance, to writhe in pain or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert.">and quaked;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2230.htm" title="2230: ze·rem (N-msc) -- A flood of rain, rainstorm, downpour. From zaram; a gush of water.">torrents</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">of water</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ‘ā·ḇār (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">swept by.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8415.htm" title="8415: tə·hō·wm (N-cs) -- Deep, sea, abyss. Or thom; from huwm; an abyss, especially the deep.">The deep</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯan (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">roared</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: qō·w·lōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">with its voice</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: nā·śā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">and lifted</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏê·hū (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">its hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/7315.htm" title="7315: rō·wm (N-msc) -- On high. From ruwm; elevation, i.e. aloft.">on high.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/77-16.htm">Psalm 77:16-19</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-8.htm">Exodus 15:8-10</a></span><br />At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea. / The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’ / But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/3-15.htm">Joshua 3:15-16</a></span><br />Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, / the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/114-3.htm">Psalm 114:3-5</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-10.htm">Isaiah 51:10</a></span><br />Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-4.htm">Nahum 1:4</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/38-8.htm">Job 38:8-11</a></span><br />Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, / when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, / when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/104-6.htm">Psalm 104:6-9</a></span><br />You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. / At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away— / the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them— ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-16.htm">Isaiah 43:16-17</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters, / who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/18-15.htm">Psalm 18:15</a></span><br />The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/29-3.htm">Psalm 29:3-4</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters. / The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-22.htm">Jeremiah 5:22</a></span><br />Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-26.htm">Matthew 8:26-27</a></span><br />“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm. / The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/4-39.htm">Mark 4:39-41</a></span><br />Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm. / “Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?” / Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/8-24.htm">Luke 8:24-25</a></span><br />The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm. / “Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The mountains saw you, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.</p><p class="hdg">mountains.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Habakkuk 3:6</a></b></br> 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 <i>are</i> everlasting.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16-18</a></b></br> And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that <i>was</i> in the camp trembled… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/5-4.htm">Judges 5:4,5</a></b></br> LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water… </p><p class="hdg">the overflowing.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/14-22.htm">Exodus 14:22-28</a></b></br> And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry <i>ground</i>: and the waters <i>were</i> a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/3-15.htm">Joshua 3:15,16</a></b></br> And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/4-18.htm">Joshua 4:18,23,24</a></b></br> And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, <i>and</i> the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as <i>they did</i> before… </p><p class="hdg">the deep.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/65-13.htm">Psalm 65:13</a></b></br> The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/93-3.htm">Psalm 93:3</a></b></br> The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/96-11.htm">Psalm 96:11-13</a></b></br> Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/habakkuk/3-2.htm">Afraid</a> <a href="/nahum/1-3.htm">Clouds</a> <a href="/micah/5-1.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-30.htm">Downpour</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-2.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/joshua/5-6.htm">Floweth</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-5.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/nahum/3-19.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">High</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-4.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/micah/5-9.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/amos/8-5.htm">Moon</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/nahum/1-8.htm">Overflowing</a> <a href="/nahum/3-19.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-46.htm">Quaked</a> <a href="/jonah/1-15.htm">Raging</a> <a href="/amos/3-8.htm">Roared</a> <a href="/micah/6-1.htm">Sounding</a> <a href="/nahum/1-3.htm">Storm</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-49.htm">Streaming</a> <a href="/nahum/3-17.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/micah/7-2.htm">Swept</a> <a href="/nahum/1-3.htm">Tempest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Torrents</a> <a href="/micah/5-3.htm">Travail</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-7.htm">Tremble</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-7.htm">Trembled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-12.htm">Uttered</a> <a href="/micah/7-3.htm">Uttereth</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-2.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/nahum/3-14.htm">Water</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-14.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-18.htm">Writhed</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/zephaniah/3-13.htm">Afraid</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-15.htm">Clouds</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-15.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/job/37-6.htm">Downpour</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-7.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/genesis/2-14.htm">Floweth</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-11.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-16.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-19.htm">High</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-3.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-18.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-11.htm">Moon</a> <a href="/haggai/1-8.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-14.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-17.htm">Overflowing</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-14.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/matthew/27-51.htm">Quaked</a> <a href="/luke/8-24.htm">Raging</a> <a href="/judges/14-5.htm">Roared</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-16.htm">Sounding</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-14.htm">Storm</a> <a href="/mark/9-18.htm">Streaming</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-11.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-3.htm">Swept</a> <a href="/matthew/8-24.htm">Tempest</a> <a href="/matthew/7-25.htm">Torrents</a> <a href="/matthew/24-8.htm">Travail</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-16.htm">Tremble</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-16.htm">Trembled</a> <a href="/matthew/26-65.htm">Uttered</a> <a href="/exodus/20-7.htm">Uttereth</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-16.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-11.htm">Water</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-15.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/esther/4-4.htm">Writhed</a><div class="vheading2">Habakkuk 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-1.htm">Habakkuk, in his prayer, trembles at God's majesty.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-17.htm">The confidence of his faith.</a></span><br></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'; 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Mountains, often seen as symbols of strength and permanence, are depicted as trembling before God. This imagery is reminiscent of other biblical events, such as Mount Sinai quaking when God gave the Law to Moses (<a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Exodus 19:18</a>). It underscores God's supreme power over nature and His ability to command even the most formidable elements of the earth. The quaking of mountains can also symbolize the upheaval and transformation that occurs when God intervenes in human history.<p><b>torrents of water swept by.</b><br>This part of the verse evokes the image of powerful, rushing waters, which can be seen as a metaphor for God's judgment and cleansing power. In the Bible, water often symbolizes chaos and destruction, as seen in the story of Noah's flood (Genesis 7). However, it can also represent purification and renewal, as in the waters of baptism (<a href="/matthew/3-11.htm">Matthew 3:11</a>). The sweeping torrents may allude to God's ability to wash away sin and bring about new beginnings, as well as His control over the forces of nature.<p><b>The deep roared with its voice</b><br>The "deep" refers to the primordial waters or the sea, often associated with chaos and mystery in ancient Near Eastern thought. The roaring of the deep signifies the overwhelming power and majesty of God, who commands even the most untamed aspects of creation. This imagery is echoed in <a href="/psalms/93-4.htm">Psalm 93:4</a>, where the Lord is described as mightier than the thunder of the great waters. The deep's voice can also be seen as a testament to God's sovereignty over all creation, including the chaotic and unknown.<p><b>and lifted its hands on high.</b><br>This phrase personifies the deep, suggesting a gesture of submission or praise. Lifting hands is a common biblical expression of worship and supplication (<a href="/psalms/134-2.htm">Psalm 134:2</a>). Here, it indicates that even the most chaotic elements of creation recognize and honor God's authority. This imagery can be connected to the idea of all creation longing for redemption and restoration, as described in <a href="/romans/8-19.htm">Romans 8:19-22</a>. It also points to the ultimate reconciliation of all things under Christ, who has authority over heaven and earth (<a href="/colossians/1-16.htm">Colossians 1:16-20</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/mountains.htm">Mountains</a></b><br>Symbolic of stability and permanence, the mountains quaking signifies the power and majesty of God that even the most stable elements of creation respond to His presence.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/downpour_of_waters.htm">Downpour of Waters</a></b><br>Represents the overwhelming and cleansing power of God, often associated with His judgment and blessing.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_deep.htm">The Deep</a></b><br>Refers to the primordial waters or the sea, which in Hebrew thought often symbolizes chaos. Its roaring and lifting of hands indicate submission and acknowledgment of God's sovereignty.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_creation.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Creation</a></b><br>The imagery of nature responding to God reminds us of His ultimate authority over all creation. We should live in awe and reverence of His power.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_response_of_creation.htm">The Response of Creation</a></b><br>Just as the mountains and waters respond to God, we too are called to respond to His presence in our lives with worship and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_power_in_judgment_and_salvation.htm">God's Power in Judgment and Salvation</a></b><br>The roaring deep and quaking mountains can symbolize both God's judgment and His deliverance. We should trust in His power to save and His justice to prevail.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_water_in_scripture.htm">Symbolism of Water in Scripture</a></b><br>Water often symbolizes life, cleansing, and chaos. Understanding this helps us see the multifaceted ways God interacts with His creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_reverence.htm">Living in Reverence</a></b><br>Recognizing God's power should lead us to live lives that honor Him, acknowledging His presence in both the grand and mundane aspects of life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_habakkuk_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Habakkuk 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_god_know_your_true_intentions.htm">Who compares to me?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_habakkuk_3_8-10_align_with_records.htm">In Habakkuk 3:8–10, can the dramatic imagery of raging waters and trembling mountains be reconciled with known geological or historical records? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_habakkuk_3_11_conflict_with_joshua_10.htm">In Habakkuk 3:11, does the claim that the sun and moon stood still indicate a literal astronomical anomaly, and does it conflict with other biblical passages like Joshua 10?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_israelites'_sinai_route.htm">Numbers 10:11-12: Is there archaeological or historical evidence supporting the exact timing and route described for the Israelites' departure from Sinai?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/habakkuk/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10-18) All the verbs in these verses are misrendered as regards tense. (See note on 3-15.)<p>(10) <span class= "bld">The mountains saw thee.</span>--The earthquake at Sinai and the dividing of the Red Sea, the waters of which were lifted up "as a wall on the right hand and on the left" of Israel, lie at the basis of this description. This imagery, however, of sweeping floods and quaking mountains is usual in poetical accounts of Divine interposition.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/habakkuk/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The mountains saw thee, and they trembled;</span> literally, were in pain, Septuagint, <span class="greek">ὠδινήσουσι</span>. The words point to the phenomena of an earthquake, as Sinai shook at the presence of the Lord (<a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Exodus 19:18</a>; <a href="/psalms/114-6.htm">Psalm 114:6</a>). So Virgil, 'AEn.,' 6:256 - <p><span class="foreign">"Sub pedibus mugire solum, et juga coepta moveri<br />Silvarum... Adventante des."</span> For "mountains," the LXX. reads, "peoples" <span class="cmt_word">The overflowing of the water passed by</span>; <span class="accented">the talent of water passed along.</span> Cataracts of rain fell, as in the Deluge. "The windows on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake" (<a href="/isaiah/24-18.htm">Isaiah 24:18</a>). Those who confine the reference to past events see here an intimation of the passage of the Jordan (<a href="/joshua/3-15.htm">Joshua 3:15, 16</a>). <span class="cmt_word">The deep uttered his voice.</span> The mass of waters in the ocean and under the earth rears mightily as it bursts forth (<a href="/genesis/49-25.htm">Genesis 49:25</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/33-13.htm">Deuteronomy 33:13</a>). His hands. Its waves (<a href="/psalms/98-8.htm">Psalm 98:8</a>). Septuagint, <span class="greek">ὕψος φαντασίας αὐτῆς</span>, "the height of its form." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The mountains</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">saw You</span><br /><span class="heb">רָא֤וּךָ</span> <span class="translit">(rā·’ū·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[and] quaked;</span><br /><span class="heb">יָחִ֙ילוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḥî·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2342.htm">Strong's 2342: </a> </span><span class="str2">To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">torrents</span><br /><span class="heb">זֶ֥רֶם</span> <span class="translit">(ze·rem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2230.htm">Strong's 2230: </a> </span><span class="str2">A flood of rain, rainstorm, downpour</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of water</span><br /><span class="heb">מַ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">swept by.</span><br /><span class="heb">עָבָ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·ḇār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">The deep</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּהוֹם֙</span> <span class="translit">(tə·hō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8415.htm">Strong's 8415: </a> </span><span class="str2">An abyss, the deep</span><br /><br /><span class="word">roared</span><br /><span class="heb">נָתַ֤ן</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṯan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with its voice</span><br /><span class="heb">קוֹל֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(qō·w·lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> </span><span class="str2">A voice, sound</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and lifted</span><br /><span class="heb">נָשָֽׂא׃</span> <span class="translit">(nā·śā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its hands</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדֵ֥יהוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on high.</span><br /><span class="heb">ר֖וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(rō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7315.htm">Strong's 7315: </a> </span><span class="str2">Elevation, aloft</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Habakkuk 3:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Habakkuk 3:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Habakkuk 3:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Habakkuk 3:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Habakkuk 3:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Habakkuk 3:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Habakkuk 3:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Habakkuk 3:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Habakkuk 3:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Habakkuk 3:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/habakkuk/3-10.htm">OT Prophets: Habakkuk 3:10 The mountains saw you and were afraid (Hab Hb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/habakkuk/3-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Habakkuk 3:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Habakkuk 3:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/habakkuk/3-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Habakkuk 3:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Habakkuk 3:11" /></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>