Habakkuk 3:9
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3:9Your bow is ready for action;32
you commission your arrows.33
Selah.
You cause flash floods on the earth’s surface.34
Footnotes
- 32 Heb “[into] nakedness your bow is laid bare.”
- 33 Heb “sworn in are the arrow-shafts with a word.” The passive participle of שָׁבַע (shava’), “swear an oath,” also occurs in Ezek 21:23 (21:28 ) referencing those who have sworn allegiance. Here the Lord’s arrows are personified and viewed as having received a commission which they have vowed to uphold. In Jer 47:6–7 the Lord’s sword is given such a charge. In the Ugaritic myths Baal’s weapons are formally assigned the task of killing the sea god Yam.
- 34 Heb “[with] rivers you split open the earth.” A literal rendering like “You split the earth with rivers” (so , ) suggests geological activity to the modern reader, but in the present context of a violent thunderstorm, the idea of streams swollen to torrents by downpours better fits the imagery. As the Lord comes in a thunderstorm the downpour causes streams to swell to river-like proportions and spread over the surface of the ground, causing flash floods.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
You stripped the sheath from your bow,
calling for many arrows. Selah
You split the earth with rivers.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
You uncovered your bow,
you called for many arrows.
You split the earth with rivers;
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
You took the sheath from your bow;
the arrows are ready to be used with an oath.
Selah
You split the earth with rivers.
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NLTNew Living Translation
You brandished your bow
and your quiver of arrows.
You split open the earth with flowing rivers.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
You laid bare the nakedness of your bow,
swearing oaths with the arrows of your word.
You split the earth with rivers.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Thy bow was made quite naked,
According to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah.
Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
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