Habakkuk 3:8 “Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the strea…”

Habakkuk 3:8

Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

Was the LORD 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?

American Standard Version

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

Was the Lord angry against the riuers? or was thine anger against the floods? or was thy wrath against the sea, that thou diddest ride vpon thine horses? thy charets brought saluation.

Darby Translation

Was Jehovah wrathful with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers? Was thy rage against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Thy chariots of salvation?

Young's Literal Translation

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?

Bible in Basic English

Was your wrath burning against the rivers? were you angry with the sea, that you went on your horses, on your war-carriages of salvation?

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Cross references

“the Lord”

Psalm 114:3 Psalm 114:5 Isaiah 50:2 Nahum 1:4 Mark 4:39 Revelation 16:12

Psalm 114:3 · BSB

The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;

Psalm 114:5 · BSB

Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,

Isaiah 50:2 · BSB

Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert;…

Nahum 1:4 · BSB

He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.

Mark 4:39 · BSB

Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.

Revelation 16:12 · BSB

And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.

“ride”

Psalm 68:17 Psalm 18:10 Habakkuk 3:15 Psalm 68:4 Psalm 104:3 Isaiah 19:1

Psalm 68:17 · BSB

The chariots of God are tens of thousands— thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.

Psalm 18:10 · BSB

He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

Habakkuk 3:15 · BSB

You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.

Psalm 68:4 · BSB

Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds — His name is the LORD— and rejoice before Him.

Psalm 104:3 · BSB

laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

Isaiah 19:1 · BSB

This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Also

Exodus 7:20

Exodus 7:20 · BSB

Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.

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

In context

7I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.

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

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