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New American Standard Bible (1995)
Habakkuk 3:10
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The mountains see you and shudder;a downpour of water sweeps by.The deep roars with its voiceand lifts its waves high.
The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The tempest of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.
The mountaines sawe thee, and they trembled: the ouerflowing of the water passed by: the deepe vttered his voyce, and lift vp his hands on high.
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.
The mountains saw you and writhed; the raging waters swept on; the deep gave forth its voice; it lifted its hands on high.
The mountains saw You and quaked; The downpour of waters swept by. The deep raised its voice, It lifted high its hands.
The mountains saw you and shook with fear. The rushing water flowed. The sea made a loud noise, and its waves rose high.
The mountains saw You and [they] trembled and writhed [as if in pain]; The downpour of waters swept by [as a deluge]. The deep uttered its voice and raged, It lifted its hands high.
The mountaines sawe thee, & they trembled: the streame of the water passed by: the deepe made a noyse, and lift vp his hand on hie.
The mountains saw You and writhed;The downpour of waters passed by.The deep gave forth its voice;It lifted high its hands.
The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.
mountains trembled at the sight of you; rain poured from the clouds; ocean waves roared and rose.
The mountains see you and tremble; a torrent of water streams by; the deep thunders forth, as it raises enormous waves.
The mountains saw thee, they were in travail: Torrents of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, Lifted up its hands on high.
The mountains saw you and shook. The water flowed off the land. The water from the sea made a loud noise as it lost its power over the land.
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.
When the mountains saw you, they trembled; water poured down from the skies. The waters under the earth roared, and their waves rose high.
When the mountains saw you they writhed; a torrent of waters swept by; the deep gave its voice; it raised its hands on high.
They saw You; mountains whirled. The storm of water gushed. The deep gave its voice and lifted up its hands on high.
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.
The mountains saw you and were moved with fear; the clouds were streaming with water: the voice of the deep was sounding; the sun did not come up, and the moon kept still in her place.
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.
The mountaynes sawe thee and they trembled, the streame of the water passed by, the deepe made a noyse, and lift vp his handes on hye.
The nations shall see thee and be in pain, as thou dost divide the moving waters: the deep uttered her voice, and raised her form on high.
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.
The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The tempest of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.
Watris saien thee, and hillis sorewiden, the goter of watris passide; depnesse yaf his vois, hiynesse reiside hise hondis.
The mountains saw you, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.
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.
When the mountains see you, they shake. The torrential downpour sweeps through. The great deep shouts out; it lifts its hands high.
The mountains saw You and trembled; The overflowing of the water passed by. The deep uttered its voice, And lifted its hands on high.
The mountains watched and trembled. Onward swept the raging waters. The mighty deep cried out, lifting its hands in submission.
The mountains saw You and shook. The flood of waters flowed by. The sea made its noise and its waves rose high.
The mountains saw you, and writhed; a torrent of water swept by; the deep gave forth its voice. The sun raised high its hands;
The mountains, have seen thee - they tremble, a downpour of waters, hath passed along, - the roaring deep, hath given forth, his voice, on high - his hand, hath he uplifted.
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.
The mountains saw thee, and writhed; the raging waters swept on; the deep gave forth its voice, it lifted its hands on high.
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.
When the mountaynes saw the, they were afrayed, ye water streame wete awaye: the depe made a noyse at the liftinge vp of thine honde.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
mountains: Habakkuk 3:6, Exodus 19:16-18, Judges 5:4, Judges 5:5, Psalms 68:7, Psalms 68:8, Psalms 77:18, Psalms 97:4, Psalms 97:5, Psalms 114:4, Psalms 114:6, Isaiah 64:1, Isaiah 64:2, Jeremiah 4:24, Micah 1:4, Nahum 1:5, Matthew 27:51, Revelation 6:14, Revelation 20:11
the overflowing: Exodus 14:22-28, Joshua 3:15, Joshua 3:16, Joshua 4:18, Joshua 4:23, Joshua 4:24, Nehemiah 9:11, Psalms 18:15, Psalms 66:6, Psalms 74:13-15, Psalms 77:16-19, Psalms 114:3-8, Psalms 136:13-15, Isaiah 11:15, Isaiah 11:16, Isaiah 63:11-13, Hebrews 11:29, Revelation 16:12
the deep: Psalms 65:13, Psalms 93:3, Psalms 96:11-13, Psalms 98:7, Psalms 98:8, Isaiah 43:20, Isaiah 55:12
Reciprocal: Exodus 15:8 - the floods Deuteronomy 32:22 - foundations Job 9:5 - removeth Job 36:29 - the noise Psalms 18:7 - foundations Psalms 46:6 - earth Psalms 60:2 - made Psalms 63:4 - I will lift Psalms 95:4 - the strength of the hills is his also Psalms 104:32 - looketh Isaiah 5:25 - the hills Jeremiah 8:16 - the whole Jeremiah 10:10 - at Daniel 4:19 - was astonied Amos 9:5 - toucheth Jonah 2:6 - mountains Hebrews 12:26 - voice
Cross-References
And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.
Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it'; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life.
"Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field;
He said also, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Then Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
Now when Moses saw that the people were out of control—for Aaron had let them get out of control to be a derision among their enemies—
"Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence; When I consider, I am terrified of Him.
My flesh trembles for fear of You, And I am afraid of Your judgments.
Sinners in Zion are terrified; Trembling has seized the godless. "Who among us can live with the consuming fire? Who among us can live with continual burning?"
"Your nakedness will be uncovered, Your shame also will be exposed; I will take vengeance and will not spare a man."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The mountains saw thee, [and] they trembled,.... At the power and presence of God, as Sinai of old; :- by which are signified mighty people and nations, kings and great men, struck with terror at the amazing providence of God in the world, on the behalf of his own people, and against their enemies; see Revelation 6:14:
the overflowing of the water passed by; which is usually referred to the overflowing of the river Jordan at the time of the passage of the Israelites through it, when the waters above stood and rose up as a heap, and those below failed, and were cut off, and passed away into the salt sea, Joshua 3:15 but perhaps it may refer to the times of David, when he conquered all his enemies round about, who were like an overflowing flood; but now passed away, particularly the Philistines, who had always been very troublesome to Israel, but now were overcome by David at Baalperazim; where the Lord, on the contrary, broke forth upon his enemies as the breach of waters, from whence the place had its name, 2 Samuel 5:20 and as this respects time that was then to come, when this prayer was made, it may regard the flood of persecution, which ceased in Constantine's time, when Paganism was abolished, and Christianity established; concerning which it might be said, "the winter is past, the rain is over and gone", Song of Solomon 2:11 and the word n here used signifies a large shower of rain, causing an inundation, a storm, a tempest; and so fitly expresses the violence of persecution, now at an end:
the deep uttered his voice, [and] lifted up hands on high; language very poetical, exceeding striking, very beautiful and elegant. It is generally understood of the deep waters of the Red sea, or of Jordan, or both, when divided for the Israelites to pass through; at which time, when they rose up, they made a great noise, and stood on a heap; and so the phrases are expressive of the roaring and raging of them as they rose up, which was as if they had spoken; and of the position in which they were, standing up on high, as if they had hands, and these lifted up: but rather they figuratively refer to the mighty nations conquered by David, who asked favour and mercy of him, and signified their subjection to him; and, having respect to times to come, may denote the subjection of the multitude of people and nations in the Roman empire to Christ, when heathenism was abolished in it; and the joy and rejoicing of Christians upon it, and the ceasing of persecution in it, even high and low, rich and poor, all ranks and degrees of men; height and depth, men in high or low circumstances, signified by the depth uttering his voice, and the height lifting up its hands, in token of praise and thankfulness; for so the latter clause may be rendered, "the height lifted up his hands" o; and answers to the deep in the preceding clause; agreeable to this sense is Jarchi's note,
""the deep uttered his voice": the inhabitants of the earth praised him; "the height lifted up his hands"; the host of heaven confessed unto him;''
every creature in heaven, on the earth, and under the earth, and in the sea, ascribed blessing, honour, glory, and power, to the Lord on this occasion, Revelation 5:13. The Targum is,
"the powers on high stood wondering;''
amazed at what was done, and lifted up their hands with astonishment.
n זרם "nimbus", Tigurine version; "impetus", Munster; "imber aquosus", Cocceius, Van Till; "inundatio aquarum", Burkius. o רום ידיהו נשא "altitudo manum suam sublevavit", Munster; "tudo manus suas tulit", Burkius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The mountains saw Thee and they trembled - literally, “they tremble.” While man is insensate, inanimate nature feels and attests the presence of its Maker. “It saw it trembles.” To see, feel, tremble were one. The prophet does not follow a bare order of events, or bind himself to miracles which actually took place. The mountains tremble with earthquakes, or seem to be shaken by the thunders which they re-echo. And so they are signs, how what is firmest and closes up the way to man, trembles at the Presence of God. Whatever is lifted up shall be bowed down before Him. (See Zechariah 4:7.). But the word “trembled” is that which is especially used of travail pangs and so it may spiritually denote that “they who conceive the fear of God shall bring forth unto salvation.” “The overflowing,” i. e., the impetuous, sweeping, flow, of the water (or, of waters), such as in themselves would bear all before them, pass by harmless. The more they swell, the more they expend themselves, and pass away. “The whole force of persecution, wherewith they vexed Thy people, at sight of Thee passed away,” like a torrent which rages and disappears, and, by raging, the sooner wastes itself.
The deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands - רום = מרום mârôm which stands as the accusative of direction with “lifted up the eyes” Isaiah 37:23; Isaiah 40:26.
On high - The noise of the waves, when God brought the strong East wind over it and Psalms 106:9. rebuked it, was as a cry to God; the waves, as they swelled, were like hands lifted up to Him, and stricken one against the other. There is no distinct ground against a slightly different rendering it: “the deep uttered his voice, the height lifted up his hands” i. e., to One yet higher, whom height and depth owned as their Lord and worshipped.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Habakkuk 3:10. The mountains saw thee — This is the continued answer to the questions in Habakkuk 3:8. These are figures highly poetic, to show with what ease God accomplished the most arduous tasks in behalf of his people. As soon as the mountains saw him, they trembled, they were in pangs. When he appeared, the sea fled to right and left, to give him a passage. "It uttered its voice." The separation of the waters occasioned a terrible noise. "And it lifted up its hands on high." Its waters, being separated, stood in heaps on the right hand and left. These heaps or waves are poetically represented here as the hands of the sea.
