Habakkuk 3:10 “The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep…”

Habakkuk 3:10

The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.

World English Bible

The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.

American Standard Version

The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.

Geneva Bible 1599

The mountaines sawe thee, and they trembled: the streame of the water passed by: the deepe made a noyse, and lift vp his hand on hie.

Darby Translation

The mountains saw thee, they were in travail: Torrents of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, Lifted up its hands on high.

Young's Literal Translation

Seen thee — pained are mountains, An inundation of waters hath passed over, Given forth hath the deep its voice, High its hands it hath lifted up.

Bible in Basic English

The mountains saw you and were moved with fear; the clouds were streaming with water: the voice of the deep was sounding; the sun did not come up, and the moon kept still in her place.

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Cross references

“mountains”

Jeremiah 4:24 Exodus 19:16–18 Matthew 27:51 Habakkuk 3:6 Micah 1:4 Nahum 1:5

Jeremiah 4:24 · BSB

I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

Exodus 19:16–18 · BSB

On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

Matthew 27:51 · BSB

At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.

Habakkuk 3:6 · BSB

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

Micah 1:4 · BSB

The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.

Nahum 1:5 · BSB

The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.

“the overflowing”

Joshua 4:18 Hebrews 11:29 Psalm 74:13–15 Psalm 136:13–15 Isaiah 63:11–13 Exodus 14:22–28

Joshua 4:18 · BSB

When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.

Hebrews 11:29 · BSB

By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

Psalm 74:13–15 · BSB

You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;

Psalm 136:13–15 · BSB

He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever.

Isaiah 63:11–13 · BSB

Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,

Exodus 14:22–28 · BSB

and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

“the deep”

Psalm 93:3 Isaiah 43:20 Psalm 65:13 Psalm 96:11–13 Isaiah 55:12 Psalm 98:7

Psalm 93:3 · BSB

The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.

Isaiah 43:20 · BSB

The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.

Psalm 65:13 · BSB

The pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.

Psalm 96:11–13 · BSB

Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.

Isaiah 55:12 · BSB

You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

Psalm 98:7 · BSB

Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.

11Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.

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