Habakkuk 3:6 BSB — MannaFest

Habakkuk 3:6

He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Habakkuk (420)

(Verse 6.) He stood and measured the earth: he beheld, and scattered the nations, and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. For there are also other mountains and hills, which the bridegroom leaps upon and transgresses in the Song of Songs (Chapter 2), about which it is also said in the second psalm of degrees: I lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence shall my help come (Psalm 120, 1).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

He stood - Gave his presence with Joshua, as one that stood by while the work was done. The land - The promised land. He beheld - Looked with a frowning countenance.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

To this he adds, His ways are everlasting, that is, all the motions of his providence are according to his eternal counsels; and he is the same for ever, that which he was yesterday and to-day. His covenant is unchangeable, and his mercy endures for ever.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He stood, and measured the earth - ארץ erets, the land; he divided the promised land among the twelve tribes. This is the allusion; and this the prophet had in his eye. God not only made a general assignment of the land to the Hebrews; but he even divided it into such portions as the different families required. Here were both power and condescension. When a conqueror had subdued a country, he divided it among his soldiers.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עָמַ֣ד׀	'a.Mad	he stood	H5975 →
וַיְמֹ֣דֶד	vay.Mo.ded	and he shook	H4128 →
אֶ֗רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] earth	H776 →
רָאָה֙	ra.'Ah	he has seen	H7200 →
וַיַּתֵּ֣ר	vai.ya.Ter	and he has made jump	H5425 →
גּוֹיִ֔ם	go.Yim	nations	H1471 →
וַיִּתְפֹּֽצְצוּ֙	vai.yit.po.tze.Tzu	and they have been shattered	H6327 →
הַרְרֵי־	ha.rei-	mountains of	H2042 →
עַ֔ד	'Ad	antiquity	H5703 →
שַׁח֖וּ	sha.Chu	they have bowed down	H7817 →
גִּבְע֣וֹת	giv.'ot	hills of	H1389 →
עוֹלָ֑ם	o.Lam	antiquity	H5769 →
הֲלִיכ֥וֹת	ha.li.Khot	ways of	H1979 →
עוֹלָ֖ם	o.Lam	antiquity	H5769 →
לֽוֹ׃	lo	[belong] to him

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Isaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like…
leads to
- Matthew 24:35
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Psalms 102:25–26
  In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
- Hebrews 1:10–12
  And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
- Isaiah 34:4
  All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig…
- Revelation 6:12–14
  And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
Through
Genesis 49:26
The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 33:15–16
  with the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills,
Through
Nahum 1:5
The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.
leads to
- Micah 1:4
  The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
- Jeremiah 4:24
  I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Habakkuk

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Habakkuk