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Habakkuk 3:6

He hath stood, and He measureth earth, He hath seen, and He shaketh off nations, And scatter themselves do mountains of antiquity, Bowed have the hills of old, The ways of old [are] His.

Young's Literal Translation

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 goeth pestilence, And a burning flame goeth forth at His feet.

7Under sorrow I have seen tents of Cushan, Tremble do curtains of the land of Midian.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:14Peoples have heard, they are troubled; Pain hath seized inhabitants of Philistia.

Exodus 15:17Thou dost bring them in, And dost plant them In a mountain of Thine inheritance, A fixed place for Thy dwelling Thou hast made, O Jehovah; A sanctuary, O Lord, Thy hands have established;

Exodus 21:31whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him.

Deuteronomy 32:8In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam — He setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel.

Joshua 10:42and all these kings and their land hath Joshua captured [at] one time, for Jehovah, God of Israel, is fighting for Israel.

Judges 5:5Hills flowed from the face of Jehovah, This one — Sinai — From the face of Jehovah, 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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