Passage

Habakkuk 3.2

Book: Habakkuk · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"1. A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth."

"2. O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy."

"3. God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise. 4. And his brightness was as the light; He had rays coming forth from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power." (Habakkuk 3:1-4, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"1. A prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet, set to victorious music."

"2. Yahweh, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, Yahweh. Renew your work in the middle of the years. In the middle of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy."

"3. God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and his praise filled the earth. 4. His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden." (Habakkuk 3:1-4, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"1. A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. ^{upon: or, according to variable songs, or, tunes, called in Hebrew, Shigionoth}"

"2. O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. ^{speech: Heb. report, or, hearing} ^{revive: or, preserve alive}"

"3. God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. ^{Teman: or, the south} 4. And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. ^{horns: or, bright beams out of his side}" (Habakkuk 3:1-4, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"1. A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet concerning erring ones:"

"2. O Jehovah, I heard thy report, I have been afraid, O Jehovah, Thy work! in midst of years revive it, In the midst of years Thou makest known In anger Thou dost remember mercy."

"3. God from Teman doth come, The Holy One from mount Paran. Pause! Covered the heavens hath His majesty, And His praise hath filled the earth. 4. And the brightness is as the light, He hath rays out of His hand, And there, the hiding of His strength." (Habakkuk 3:1-4, YLT)

Setting

Speaker: TBD
Audience: TBD
Location: TBD
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.

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Quoted in

Argument from Awe and Wonder

Notes

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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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