Passage

Habakkuk 3.11

Book: Habakkuk · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

9. Thy bow was made quite bare; The oaths to the tribes were a sure word. Selah Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. 10. 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.

11. 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.

Thou didst march through the land in indignation; Thou didst thresh the nations in anger. 13. Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked man, Laying bare the foundation even unto the neck. Selah (Habakkuk 3:9-13, ASV)

WEB

9. You uncovered your bow. You called for your sworn arrows. Selah. You split the earth with rivers. 10. The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.

11. 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.

You marched through the land in wrath. You threshed the nations in anger. 13. You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You stripped them head to foot. Selah. (Habakkuk 3:9-13, WEB)

KJV

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. ^{earth: or, rivers of the earth} 10. 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.

11. 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. ^{at the light: or, thine arrows walked in the light}

Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger. 13. Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah. ^{by: Heb. making naked} (Habakkuk 3:9-13, KJV)

YLT

9. Utterly naked Thou dost make Thy bow, Sworn are the tribes, saying, 'Pause!' [With] rivers Thou dost cleave the earth. 10. 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.

11. Sun, moon, hath stood, a habitation, At the light thine arrows go on, At the brightness, the glittering of thy spear.

In indignation Thou dost tread earth, In anger Thou dost thresh nations. 13. Thou hast gone forth for the salvation of Thy people, For salvation with Thine anointed, Thou hast smitten the head of the house of the wicked, Laying bare the foundation unto the neck. Pause! (Habakkuk 3:9-13, YLT)

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Time period: TBD

Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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