Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the glint of your flying arrows, at the lightning of your flashing spear. New Living Translation The sun and moon stood still in the sky as your brilliant arrows flew and your glittering spear flashed. English Standard Version The sun and moon stood still in their place at the light of your arrows as they sped, at the flash of your glittering spear. Berean Standard Bible Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear. King James Bible 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. New King James Version The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; At the light of Your arrows they went, At the shining of Your glittering spear. New American Standard Bible Sun and moon stood in their lofty places; They went away at the light of Your arrows, At the radiance of Your flashing spear. NASB 1995 Sun and moon stood in their places; They went away at the light of Your arrows, At the radiance of Your gleaming spear. NASB 1977 Sun and moon stood in their places; They went away at the light of Thine arrows, At the radiance of Thy gleaming spear. Legacy Standard Bible Sun and moon stood in their lofty places; They went away at the light of Your arrows, At the brightness of Your flashing spear. Amplified Bible The sun and moon stood in their places [as before Joshua]; They went away at the light of Your [swift] arrows, At the radiance and gleam of Your glittering spear. Christian Standard Bible Sun and moon stand still in their lofty residence, at the flash of your flying arrows, at the brightness of your shining spear. Holman Christian Standard Bible Sun and moon stand still in their lofty residence, at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear. American Standard Version 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. Contemporary English Version The sun and moon stood still, while your arrows and spears flashed like lightning. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation The sun and the moon stand still. They scatter at the light of your arrows, at the bright lightning of your spear. Good News Translation At the flash of your speeding arrows and the gleam of your shining spear, the sun and the moon stood still. International Standard Version The sun and moon stand still in their orbits; at the glint of your arrows they speed along, even at the gleam of your flashing spear. Majority Standard Bible Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear. NET Bible The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear. New Heart English Bible 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. Webster's Bible Translation The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thy arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. World English Bible 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionSun—moon—has stood—a habitation, "" Your arrows go on at the light, "" At the brightness, the glittering of Your spear. Young's Literal Translation Sun -- moon -- hath stood -- a habitation, At the light thine arrows go on, At the brightness, the glittering of thy spear. Smith's Literal Translation The sun, the moon stood in her habitation: at the light of thine arrows they will go, at the shining of the lightning of thy spear. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe sun and the moon stood still in their habitation, in the light of thy arrows, they shall go in the brightness of thy glittering spear. Catholic Public Domain Version The sun and the moon have stood firm in their dwelling place; with the light of your arrows, they shall go forth in the splendor of your flashing spear. New American Bible the moon left its lofty station, At the light of your flying arrows, at the gleam of your flashing spear. New Revised Standard Version the moon stood still in its exalted place, at the light of your arrows speeding by, at the gleam of your flashing spear. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe sun and moon stood still in their habitations; at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spears. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The sun and the moon stood still in their dwellings, and in the light of your arrows they walk and in the shining of the lightning of your spears! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The sun and moon stand still in their habitation; At the light of Thine arrows as they go, At the shining of Thy glittering spear. Brenton Septuagint Translation The sun was exalted, and the moon stood still in her course: thy darts shall go forth at the light, at the brightness of the gleaming of thine arms. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Habakkuk's Prayer…10The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high. 11Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear. 12You marched across the earth with fury; You threshed the nations in wrath.… Cross References Joshua 10:12-13 On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.” / So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.” Psalm 18:14 He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them. Psalm 77:16-19 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. ... Psalm 144:6 Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them. Isaiah 28:21 For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task. Isaiah 30:30 And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones. Isaiah 60:19-20 No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor. / Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease. Jeremiah 10:13 When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses. Ezekiel 32:7-8 When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. / All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD. Joel 2:10 Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness. Joel 3:15 The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine. Amos 5:8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name— Zechariah 9:14 Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south. Matthew 24:29 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.’ Mark 13:24-25 But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘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.’ Treasury of Scripture The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of your arrows they went, and at the shining of your glittering spear. sun. Joshua 10:12,13 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon… 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. 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. habitation. Psalm 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, Joshua 10:11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, 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. Psalm 18:12-14 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire… Psalm 77:17,18 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad… Jump to Previous Arrows Brightness Flash Flashing Flying Forth Gleaming Glittering Habitation Heavens Light Moon Places Polished Radiance Shining Shot Sky Spear Sped Stand Stood SunJump to Next Arrows Brightness Flash Flashing Flying Forth Gleaming Glittering Habitation Heavens Light Moon Places Polished Radiance Shining Shot Sky Spear Sped Stand Stood SunHabakkuk 3 1. Habakkuk, in his prayer, trembles at God's majesty.17. The confidence of his faith. Sun and moon stood still This phrase evokes a powerful image of divine intervention, reminiscent of the miraculous event in Joshua 10:12-13, where the sun stood still to allow Israel to achieve victory. The Hebrew words here, "שֶׁמֶשׁ" (shemesh) for sun and "יָרֵחַ" (yareach) for moon, symbolize the cosmic order and the natural laws established by God. The stillness of these celestial bodies signifies God's supreme authority over creation, emphasizing His ability to alter the natural world to fulfill His purposes. This imagery serves as a reminder of God's omnipotence and His active role in the affairs of humanity. in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows at the brightness of Your shining spear Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Sunשֶׁ֥מֶשׁ (še·meš) Noun - common singular Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement and moon יָרֵ֖חַ (yā·rê·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3394: The moon stood still עָ֣מַד (‘ā·maḏ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations in their places זְבֻ֑לָה (zə·ḇu·lāh) Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 2073: Elevation, height, lofty abode at the flash לְא֤וֹר (lə·’ō·wr) Preposition-l | Noun - common singular Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary of Your flying יְהַלֵּ֔כוּ (yə·hal·lê·ḵū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk arrows, חִצֶּ֙יךָ֙ (ḥiṣ·ṣe·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear at the brightness לְנֹ֖גַהּ (lə·nō·ḡah) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5051: Brilliancy of Your shining בְּרַ֥ק (bə·raq) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1300: Lightning, a gleam, a flashing sword spear. חֲנִיתֶֽךָ׃ (ḥă·nî·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2595: A lance Links Habakkuk 3:11 NIVHabakkuk 3:11 NLT Habakkuk 3:11 ESV Habakkuk 3:11 NASB Habakkuk 3:11 KJV Habakkuk 3:11 BibleApps.com Habakkuk 3:11 Biblia Paralela Habakkuk 3:11 Chinese Bible Habakkuk 3:11 French Bible Habakkuk 3:11 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Habakkuk 3:11 The sun and moon stood still (Hab Hb) |
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