Habakkuk 3 - Compare Translations
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Habakkuk 3:1
KJVA prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
WEBA prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet, set to victorious music.
YLTA prayer of Habakkuk the prophet concerning erring ones:
Habakkuk 3:2
KJVO 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.
WEBYahweh, I have heard of your fame.
YLTO 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.
Habakkuk 3:3
KJVGod came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
WEBGod came from Teman,
YLTGod from Teman doth come, The Holy One from mount Paran. Pause! Covered the heavens hath His majesty, And His praise hath filled the earth.
Habakkuk 3:4
KJVAnd his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
WEBHis splendor is like the sunrise.
YLTAnd the brightness is as the light, He hath rays out of His hand, And there -- the hiding of His strength.
Habakkuk 3:5
KJVBefore him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
WEBPlague went before him,
YLTBefore Him goeth pestilence, And a burning flame goeth forth at His feet.
Habakkuk 3:6
KJVHe 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.
WEBHe stood, and shook the earth.
YLTHe 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.
Habakkuk 3:7
KJVI saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
WEBI saw the tents of Cushan in affliction.
YLTUnder sorrow I have seen tents of Cushan, Tremble do curtains of the land of Midian.
Habakkuk 3:8
KJVWas 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?
WEBWas Yahweh displeased with the rivers?
YLTAgainst 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?
Habakkuk 3:9
KJVThy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
WEBYou uncovered your bow.
YLTUtterly naked Thou dost make Thy bow, Sworn are the tribes -- saying, `Pause!' [With] rivers Thou dost cleave the earth.
Habakkuk 3:10
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Habakkuk 3:11
KJVThe sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
WEBThe sun and moon stood still in the sky,
YLTSun -- moon -- hath stood -- a habitation, At the light thine arrows go on, At the brightness, the glittering of thy spear.
Habakkuk 3:12
KJVThou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
WEBYou marched through the land in wrath.
YLTIn indignation Thou dost tread earth, In anger Thou dost thresh nations.
Habakkuk 3:13
KJVThou 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.
WEBYou went out for the salvation of your people,
YLTThou 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 3:14
KJVThou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
WEBYou pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears.
YLTThou hast pierced with his staves the head of his leaders, They are tempestuous to scatter me, Their exultation [is] as to consume the poor in secret.
Habakkuk 3:15
KJVThou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
WEBYou trampled the sea with your horses,
YLTThou hast proceeded through the sea with Thy horses -- the clay of many waters.
Habakkuk 3:16
KJVWhen I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
WEBI heard, and my body trembled.
YLTI have heard, and my belly trembleth, At the noise have my lips quivered, Rottenness doth come into my bones, And in my place I do tremble, That I rest for a day of distress, At the coming up of the people, he overcometh it.
Habakkuk 3:17
KJVAlthough the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
WEBFor though the fig tree doesn’t flourish,
YLTThough the fig-tree doth not flourish, And there is no produce among vines, Failed hath the work of the olive, And fields have not yielded food, Cut off from the fold hath been the flock, And there is no herd in the stalls.
Habakkuk 3:18
KJVYet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
WEByet I will rejoice in Yahweh.
YLTYet I, in Jehovah I exult, I do joy in the God of my salvation.
Habakkuk 3:19
KJVThe Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
WEBYahweh, the Lord, is my strength.
YLTJehovah the Lord [is] my strength, And He doth make my feet like hinds, And on my high-places causeth me to tread. To the overseer with my stringed instruments!
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