Habakkuk 3:9New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Your bow was made bare, The rods of chastisement were sworn. Selah. You cleaved the earth with rivers.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Thy bow was made quite naked, [according] to the oaths of the tribes, [even thy] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Thy bow was made quite bare; the oaths to the tribes were a [sure] word. [Selah] Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Thy bow was made quite bare; The oaths to the tribes were a [sure] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Thy bow was made quite naked, [according] to the oaths of the tribes, [even thy] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Thy bow was made naked, The rods [of discipline] sworn according to [thy] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— To nakedness, is bared thy bow, oaths of chastisement—song! Selah. With rivers, thou dost cleave open the land.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Utterly naked Thou dost make Thy bow, Sworn are the tribes—saying, 'Pause!' [With] rivers Thou dost cleave the earth.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Thou wilt surely take up thy bow: according to the oaths which thou hast spoken to the tribes. Thou wilt divide the rivers of the earth.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Thy bowe was manifestly reueiled, and the othes of the tribes were a sure worde, Selah. Thou diddest cleaue the earth with riuers.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Thy bow was made quite naked [according] to the oathes of the tribes, [euen thy] word. Selah. Thou didst cleaue the earth with riuers.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Thy bow was made ready, the arrows were abundant at the command of thy glorious word. Thou didst furrow the earth with rivers.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Surely thou didst bend they bow at scepters, saith the Lord. Pause. The land of rivers shall be torn asunder.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Thy bow was made quite naked, [according] to the oaths of the tribes, [even thy] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. |
Thy bow
7198 {7198} Primeקֶשֶׁתqesheth{keh'-sheth}
From H7185 in the original sense (of H6983) of bending; a bow, for shooting (hence figuratively strength) or the iris.
was made quite
y6181
naked,
5783 {5783} Primeעוּר`uwr{oor}
A primitive root; to ( be) bare.
z8735 <8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 1602
x6181
[ according] to the oaths
7621 {7621} Primeשְׁבוּעָהsh@buw`ah{sheb-oo-aw'}
Feminine passive participle of H7650; properly something sworn, that is, an oath.
of the tribes,
4294 {4294} Primeמַטֶּהmatteh{mat-teh'}
From H5186; a branch (as extending); figuratively a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively a support of life, for example bread).
[ even thy] word.
562
Selà
סֶלָה.
5542 {5542} Primeסֶלָהcelah{seh'-law}
From H5541; suspension (of music), that is, pause.
Thou didst cleave
1234 {1234} Primeבּקעbaqa`{baw-kah'}
A primitive root; to cleave; generally to rend, break, rip or open.
z8762 <8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 2447
the earth
776 {0776} Primeאֶרֶץ'erets{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
with rivers.
5104 {5104} Primeנָהָרnahar{naw-hawr'}
From H5102; a stream (including the sea; especially the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity. |
Habakkuk 3:9
_ _ bow ... made ... naked — that is, was drawn forth from its cover, in which bows usually were cased when not in use. Compare Isaiah 22:6, “Kir uncovered the shield.”
_ _ according to the oaths of the tribes even thy word — that is, Thy oaths of promise to the tribes of Israel (Psalms 77:8; Luke 1:73, Luke 1:74). Habakkuk shows that God’s miraculous interpositions for His people were not limited to one time, but that God’s oaths to His people are sure ground for their always expecting them. The mention of the tribes, rather than Abraham or Moses, is in order that they may not doubt that to them belongs this grace of which Abraham was the depository [Calvin and Jerome]. Maurer translates, “The spears were glutted with blood, the triumphal song!” that is, no sooner did Jehovah begin the battle by baring His bow, than the spears were glutted with blood and the triumphal song sung.
_ _ Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers — the result of the earthquake caused by God’s approach [Maurer]. Grotius refers it to the bringing forth water from the rock (Exodus 17:6; Numbers 20:10, Numbers 20:11; Psalms 78:15, Psalms 78:16; Psalms 105:4). But the context implies not the giving of water to His people to drink, but the fearful physical phenomena attending Jehovah’s attack on Israel’s foes. |
Habakkuk 3:9
Thy bow — One part of armour is put for the whole. The Lord is represented as armed, in readiness to smite through all his enemies. According to the oaths — In pursuance of his oath made to our fathers, and their posterity. Cleave the earth — When they were to march through a dry and thirsty land. |
Habakkuk 3:9
Thy (k) bow was made quite naked, [according] to the (l) oaths of the tribes, [even thy] word. Selah. Thou (m) didst cleave the earth with rivers.
(k) That is, your power.
(l) For he had not only made a covenant with Abraham, but renewed it with his posterity.
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- bow:
Deuteronomy 32:23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
Psalms 7:12-13 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. ... He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
Psalms 35:1-3 [[[A Psalm] of David.]] Plead [my cause], O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. ... Draw out also the spear, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I [am] thy salvation.
Isaiah 51:9-10 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. [Art] thou not it that hath cut Rahab, [and] wounded the dragon? ... [Art] thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
Isaiah 52:10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Lamentations 2:4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all [that were] pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
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Genesis 15:18-21 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: ... And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
Genesis 17:7-8 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. ... And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Genesis 22:16-18 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]: ... And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Genesis 26:3-4 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; ... And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Genesis 28:13-14 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; ... And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Psalms 105:8-11 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations. ... Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
Luke 1:72-75 To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; ... In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Hebrews 6:13-18 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, ... That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
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Habakkuk 3:9 Thy bow was made quite naked, [according] to the oaths of the tribes, [even thy] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
Psalms 143:6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
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Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Numbers 20:11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts [also].
Psalms 78:15-16 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as [out of] the great depths. ... He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
Psalms 105:41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.
1 Corinthians 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
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- the earth with rivers:
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