Habakkuk 3:9 KJV — MannaFest

Habakkuk 3:9

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

About this book

Old Testament

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Habakkuk — A prophet in dialogue with God — two complaints, two answers, a psalm. ‘The just shall live by his faith’ — cited three times in the NT.

Author: Habakkuk the prophet (1:1)
Date: Late 7th c. BC, shortly before the Babylonian rise to dominance

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23 verses on the floor

Psalms 7:12–13
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
Psalms 105:41
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
Psalms 78:15–16
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
Luke 1:72–75
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
Psalms 3:2
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

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He affects himself with a holy concern for the present troubles of the church, but encourages himself and others to hope that the issue will be comfortable and glorious at last, though all visible means fail,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

5 ) and their enemies ever so many and mighty. Note, What God does for his tribes is according to the oaths of the tribes, according to what he has said and sworn to them; for he is faithful that has promised. (2.) He would hereby show his kindness to his people, because of their relation to him, and his interest in them: Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The mention of the tribes, rather than Abraham or Moses, is in order that they may not doubt that to them belongs this grace of which Abraham was the depository [CALVIN and JEROME]. MAURER translates, "The spears were glutted with blood, the triumphal song!" that is, no sooner did Jehovah begin the battle by baring His bow, than the spears were glutted with blood and the triumphal song sung.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Thy bow - One part of armour is put for the whole. The Lord is represented as armed, in readiness to smite through all his enemies. According to the oaths - In pursuance of his oath made to our fathers, and their posterity.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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