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Habakkuk 3

Hab. 3:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He stood
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
, and measured
muwd (Hebrew #4128)
to shake
KJV usage: measure.
Pronounce: mood
Origin: a primitive root
the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
: he beheld
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and drove asunder
nathar (Hebrew #5425)
to jump, i.e. be violently agitated; causatively, to terrify, shake off, untie
KJV usage: drive asunder, leap, (let) loose, X make, move, undo.
Pronounce: naw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
the nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
; and the everlasting
`ad (Hebrew #5703)
properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e. (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or without a preposition)
KJV usage: eternity, ever(- lasting, -more), old, perpetually, + world without end.
Pronounce: ad
Origin: from 5710
mountains
harar (Hebrew #2042)
a mountain
KJV usage: hill, mount(-ain).
Pronounce: haw-rawr'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to loom up
were scattered
puwts (Hebrew #6327)
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
KJV usage: break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), drive, retire, scatter (abroad), spread abroad.
Pronounce: poots
Origin: a primitive root
, the perpetual
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
hills
gib`ah (Hebrew #1389)
a hillock
KJV usage: hill, little hill.
Pronounce: ghib-aw'
Origin: feminine from the same as 1387
did bow
shachach (Hebrew #7817)
to sink or depress (reflexive or causative)
KJV usage: bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop.
Pronounce: shaw-khakh'
Origin: a primitive root
: his ways
haliykah (Hebrew #1979)
a walking; by implication, a procession or march, a caravan
KJV usage: company, going, walk, way.
Pronounce: hal-ee-kaw'
Origin: feminine of 1978
a are everlasting
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
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Mic. 5:2• 2(And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall he come forth unto me who is to be Ruler in Israel: whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity.) (Mic. 5:2)

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Cross References

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and measured.
Ex. 15:17• 17Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, The place that thou, Jehovah, hast made thy dwelling, The Sanctuary, Lord, that thy hands have prepared. (Ex. 15:17)
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Ex. 21:31• 31Whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done to him. (Ex. 21:31)
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Num. 34:1‑29• 1And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
 2Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan, this shall be the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, the land of Canaan according to the borders thereof.
 3Then your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside of Edom, and your southern border shall be from the end of the salt sea eastward;
 4and your border shall turn from the south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin, and shall end southward at Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-Addar, and pass on to Azmon.
 5And the border shall turn from Azmon unto the torrent of Egypt, and shall end at the sea.
 6And as west border ye shall have the great sea, and its coast. This shall be your west border.
 7And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall mark out for you mount Hor;
 8from mount Hor ye shall mark out the entrance to Hamath, and the end of the border shall be toward Zedad;
 9and the border shall go to Ziphron, and shall end at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border.
 10And ye shall mark out for you as eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:
 11and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall strike upon the extremity of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;
 12and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and shall end at the salt sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about.
 13And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall take for yourselves as inheritance by lot, which Jehovah commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe.
 14For the tribe of the children of the Reubenites according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of the Gadites according to their fathers' houses, have received, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance;
 15the two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side the Jordan of Jericho eastward, toward the sun-rising.
 16And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
 17These are the names of the men who shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
 18And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land.
 19And these are the names of the men: for the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
 20and for the tribe of the children of Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud;
 21for the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon;
 22and for the tribe of the children of Dan, a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli;
 23for the children of Joseph: for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod,
 24and for the tribe of the children of Ephraim, a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan;
 25and for the tribe of the children of Zebulun, a prince, Elizaphan the son of Pharnach;
 26and for the tribe of the children of Issachar, a prince, Phaltiel the son of Azzan;
 27and for the tribe of the children of Asher, a prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi;
 28and for the tribe of the children of Naphtali, a prince, Phedahel the son of Ammihud.
 29These are they whom Jehovah commanded to distribute to the children of Israel their inheritance in the land of Canaan. (Num. 34:1‑29)
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Deut. 32:8• 8When the Most High assigned to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel. (Deut. 32:8)
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Acts 17:26• 26and has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, having determined ordained times and the boundaries of their dwelling, (Acts 17:26)
and drove.
Josh. 10:42• 42and all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time; for Jehovah the God of Israel fought for Israel. (Josh. 10:42)
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Josh. 11:18‑23• 18Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
 19There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites who dwelt at Gibeon; they took all in battle.
 20For it was of Jehovah that their heart was hardened, to meet Israel in battle, that they might be utterly destroyed, and that there might be no favour shewn to them, but that they might be destroyed, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
 21And Joshua came at that time and cut off the Anakim from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountain of Judah, and from all the mountain of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly, with their cities.
 22There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel; only at Gazah, at Gath, and at Ashdod there remained.
 23And Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Jehovah had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions, by their tribes. And the land rested from war. (Josh. 11:18‑23)
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Neh. 9:22‑24• 22And thou gavest them kingdoms and peoples, and didst divide them by countries; and they possessed the land of Sihon, as well the land of the king of Heshbon, as the land of Og king of Bashan.
 23And their children thou didst multiply as the stars of heaven, and thou broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers that they should go in to possess it.
 24And the children went in and possessed the land; and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, both their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would. (Neh. 9:22‑24)
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Psa. 135:8‑12• 8Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast;
 9Who sent signs and miracles into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh and upon all his servants;
 10Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings,
 11Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan;
 12And gave their land for an inheritance, an inheritance unto Israel his people. (Psa. 135:8‑12)
the everlasting.
Hab. 3:10• 10The mountains saw thee, they were in travail: Torrents of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, Lifted up its hands on high. (Hab. 3:10)
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Gen. 49:26• 26The blessings of thy father surpass the blessings of my ancestors, Unto the bounds of the everlasting hills: They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. (Gen. 49:26)
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Deut. 33:15• 15And by the best things of the ancient mountains, And by the precious things of the everlasting hills, (Deut. 33:15)
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Judg. 5:5• 5The mountains quaked before the face of Jehovah, That Sinai, from before Jehovah the God of Israel. (Judg. 5:5)
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Psa. 68:16• 16Why do ye look with envy, ye many-peaked mountains, upon the mount that God hath desired for his abode? yea, Jehovah will dwell there for ever. (Psa. 68:16)
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Psa. 114:4‑7• 4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
 5What ailed thee, thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back?
 6Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? ye hills, like lambs?
 7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the +God of Jacob, (Psa. 114:4‑7)
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Isa. 64:1‑3• 1Oh, that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down,--that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
 2--as fire kindleth brushwood, as the fire causeth water to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations might tremble at thy presence!
 3When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, and the mountains flowed down at thy presence. (Isa. 64:1‑3)
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Nah. 1:5• 5The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt, and the earth is upheaved at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein. (Nah. 1:5)
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Zech. 14:4‑5• 4And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem toward the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west,--a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
 5And ye shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: ye shall even flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And Jehovah my God shall come, and all the holy ones with thee. (Zech. 14:4‑5)
his.
Psa. 90:2• 2Before the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art *God. (Psa. 90:2)
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Psa. 103:17• 17But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children, (Psa. 103:17)
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Isa. 51:6,8• 6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
 8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. (Isa. 51:6,8)
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Mic. 5:8• 8And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver. (Mic. 5:8)
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Matt. 24:35• 35The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away. (Matt. 24:35)
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Luke 1:50• 50and his mercy is to generations and generations to them that fear him. (Luke 1:50)
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Heb. 13:8• 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and to-day, and to the ages to come. (Heb. 13:8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He stood, and measured the earthf; He beheld, and discomfited the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered, The everlasting hills gave way: His ways are everlastingg.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "made the earth to tremble."
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Or "His are the ways of old."