Passage

Habakkuk 3.7

Book: Habakkuk · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

5. Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet. 6. He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were as of old.

7. I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers, Or thy wrath against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Upon thy chariots of salvation? 9. Thy bow was made quite bare; The oaths to the tribes were a sure word. Selah Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. (Habakkuk 3:5-9, ASV)

WEB

5. Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet. 6. He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.

7. I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction. The dwellings of the land of Midian trembled.

Was Yahweh displeased with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers, or your wrath against the sea, that you rode on your horses, on your chariots of salvation? 9. You uncovered your bow. You called for your sworn arrows. Selah. You split the earth with rivers. (Habakkuk 3:5-9, WEB)

KJV

5. Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. ^{coals: or, diseases} 6. He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.

7. I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. ^{Cushan: or, Ethiopia} ^{in: or, under affliction, or, vanity}

Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? ^{of: or, were salvation?} 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} (Habakkuk 3:5-9, KJV)

YLT

5. Before Him goeth pestilence, And a burning flame goeth forth at His feet. 6. He hath stood, and He measureth earth, He hath seen, and He shaketh off nations, And scatter themselves do mountains of antiquity, Bowed have the hills of old, The ways of old [are] His.

7. Under sorrow I have seen tents of Cushan, Tremble do curtains of the land of Midian.

Against rivers hath Jehovah been wroth? Against rivers [is] Thine anger? Against the sea [is] Thy wrath? For Thou dost ride on Thy horses, Thy chariots of salvation? 9. Utterly naked Thou dost make Thy bow, Sworn are the tribes, saying, 'Pause!' [With] rivers Thou dost cleave the earth. (Habakkuk 3:5-9, 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.

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Zipporah

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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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