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Habakkuk 3:6

6 He stood and measured the earth;

He looked and startled the nations.

aAnd the everlasting mountains were scattered,

The perpetual hills bowed.

His ways are everlasting.

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Habakkuk 3:6 — The New International Version (NIV)

He stood, and shook the earth;

he looked, and made the nations tremble.

The ancient mountains crumbled

and the age-old hills collapsed—

but he marches on forever.

Habakkuk 3:6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

He stood and measured the earth;

he looked and shook the nations;

then the eternal mountains were scattered;

the everlasting hills sank low.

His were the everlasting ways.

Habakkuk 3:6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Habakkuk 3:6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

When he stops, the earth shakes.

When he looks, the nations tremble.

He shatters the everlasting mountains

and levels the eternal hills.

He is the Eternal One!

Habakkuk 3:6 — New Century Version (NCV)

He stands and shakes the earth.

He looks, and the nations shake with fear.

The mountains, which stood for ages, break into pieces;

the old hills fall down.

God has always done this.

Habakkuk 3:6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

He stood, and measured the earth;

He beheld, and drove asunder the nations;

And the eternal mountains were scattered;

The everlasting hills did bow;

His goings were as of old.

Habakkuk 3:6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and discomfited the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered, The everlasting hills gave way: His ways are everlasting.

Habakkuk 3:6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

He stands and shakes the earth. 

He casts a glance and startles the nations. 

The oldest mountains break apart. 

The ancient hills sink. 

The ancient paths belong to him. 

Habakkuk 3:6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

He stands and shakes the earth;

He looks and startles the nations.

The age-old mountains break apart;

the ancient hills sink down.

His pathways are ancient.

Habakkuk 3:6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

He stopped and shook the earth;

he looked and made the nations tremble.

The eternal mountains were shattered;

along his ancient pathways

the everlasting hills sank low.

Habakkuk 3:6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

He stood and measured the earth;

he looked and made the nations tremble.

Then the mountains of old were shattered;

the hills of old collapsed.

The ways of old belong to him.

Habakkuk 3:6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

When you stood up, the earth shook.

When you looked at the nations,

they trembled with fear.

The age-old mountains crumbled.

The ancient hills fell down.

Your mighty acts will last forever.

Habakkuk 3:6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

He stood and surveyed the earth;

He looked and startled the nations.

Yes, the perpetual mountains were shattered,

The ancient hills collapsed.

His ways are everlasting.


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