Habakkuk 3:9 “You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split t…”

Habakkuk 3:9

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

World English Bible

You uncovered your bow. You called for your sworn arrows. Selah. You split the earth with rivers.

American Standard Version

Thy bow was made quite bare; The oaths to the tribes were a sure word. [Selah Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thy bowe was manifestly reueiled, and the othes of the tribes were a sure worde, Selah. thou diddest cleaue the earth with riuers.

Darby Translation

Thy bow was made naked, The rods [of discipline] sworn according to [thy] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

Young's Literal Translation

Utterly naked Thou dost make Thy bow, Sworn are the tribes — saying, 'Pause!' [With] rivers Thou dost cleave the earth.

Bible in Basic English

Your bow was quite uncovered. Selah. By you the earth was cut through with rivers.

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Cross references

“bow”

Deuteronomy 32:23 Isaiah 52:10 Lamentations 2:4 Psalm 35:1–3 Psalm 7:12 Psalm 7:13

Deuteronomy 32:23 · BSB

I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.

Isaiah 52:10 · BSB

The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

Lamentations 2:4 · BSB

He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.

Psalm 35:1–3 · BSB

Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.

Psalm 7:12 · BSB

If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.

Psalm 7:13 · BSB

He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.

“according”

Luke 1:72–75 Psalm 105:8–11 Hebrews 6:13–18 Genesis 15:18–21 Genesis 22:16–18 Genesis 17:7

Luke 1:72–75 · BSB

to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

Psalm 105:8–11 · BSB

He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—

Hebrews 6:13–18 · BSB

When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,

Genesis 15:18–21 · BSB

On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

Genesis 22:16–18 · BSB

saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

Genesis 17:7 · BSB

I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

“Selah”

Psalm 143:6 Habakkuk 3:9

Psalm 143:6 · BSB

I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah

Habakkuk 3:9 · BSB

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

“Thou”

Psalm 105:41 Exodus 17:6 Numbers 20:11 1 Corinthians 10:4 Psalm 78:15 Psalm 78:16

Psalm 105:41 · BSB

He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

Exodus 17:6 · BSB

Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Numbers 20:11 · BSB

Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.

1 Corinthians 10:4 · BSB

and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

Psalm 78:15 · BSB

He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.

Psalm 78:16 · BSB

He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.

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

In context

8Were 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?

10The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.

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