Habakkuk 3:6
He stood and measured the earth. He beheld, and melted the nations: and the ancient mountains were crushed to pieces. The hills of the world were bowed down by the journeys of his eternity.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
5Death shall go before his face. And the devil shall go forth before his feet.
Cross References
Exodus 15:14Nations rose up, and were angry: sorrows took hold on the inhabitants of Philisthiim.
Exodus 15:17Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thy inheritance, in thy most firm habitation which thou hast made, O Lord; thy sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
Exodus 21:31If he have gored a son, or a daughter, he shall fall under the like sentence.
Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High divided the nations: when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the bounds of people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Joshua 10:42And all their kings, and their lands he took and wasted at one onset: for the Lord the God of Israel fought for him.
Judges 5:5The mountains melted before the face of the Lord, and Sinai before the face of the 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 →