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Habakkuk 3:6

He stood, and measured the earth. He beheld, and drove apart the nations. And the eternal mountains were scattered. The everlasting hills bowed. His goings were [as] of old.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5Before him went the pestilence. And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.

7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction. The curtains of the land of Midian trembled.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:14The peoples have heard, they tremble. Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.

Exodus 15:17Thou will bring them in, and plant them on the mountain of thine inheritance, the place, O LORD, which thou have made for thee to dwell in, the sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have established.

Exodus 21:31Whether it has gored a son, or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.

Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.

Joshua 10:42And all these kings and their land Joshua took at one time, because LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.

Judges 5:5The mountains quaked at the presence of LORD, even yon Sinai at the presence of LORD, the God of Israel.

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 3:4-16

The Divine Majesty; Wonders Wrought for Israel. ( b. c. 600.) 3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. 4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. 5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. 6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the… Read the whole commentary →

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