Habakkuk 3:11
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; at the light of Your arrows they went, and at the shining of Your glittering spear.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
The sun and moon stood still in their places at the light of Your arrows as they flew, at the flash of Your shining spear.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
The sun and moon stood still in their itation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
The sun{H8121} and moon{H3394} stood still{H5975} in their habitation,{H2073} At the light{H216} of thine arrows{H2671} as they went,{H1980} At the shining{H5051} of thy glittering{H1300} spear.{H2595}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
The sun{H8121} and moon{H3394} stood still{H5975}{(H8804)} in their habitation{H2073}: at the light{H216} of thine arrows{H2671} they went{H1980}{(H8762)}, and at the shining{H5051} of thy glittering{H1300} spear{H2595}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
The Sonne and Mone remayned still in their habitacion. Thine arowes wente out glisteringe, and thy speares as the shyne of the lightenynge.
Geneva Bible (1560)
The sunne and moone stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrowes they went, and at the bright shining of thy speares.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
The sonne and moone stoode still in their habitation, at the light of thyne arrowes they went, and at the bright shining of thy speares.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
The sun [and] moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, [and] at the shining of thy glittering spear.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The sun and moon stood still in the sky, At the light of your arrows as they went, At the shining of your glittering spear.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Sun -- moon -- hath stood -- a habitation, At the light thine arrows go on, At the brightness, the glittering of thy spear.
American Standard Version (1901)
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows as they went, At the shining of thy glittering spear.
American Standard Version (1901)
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows as they went, At the shining of thy glittering spear.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
At the light of your arrows they went away, at the shining of your polished spear.
World English Bible (2000)
The sun and moon stood still in the sky, at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear.
Referenced Verses
- Ps 18:12-14 : 12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire. 13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hailstones and coals of fire. 14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; he shot out lightning, and confused them.
- Ps 144:5-6 : 5 Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. 6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out your arrows, and destroy them.
- Isa 28:21 : 21 For the LORD shall rise up as in Mount Perazim, he shall be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his unusual act.
- Isa 38:8 : 8 Behold, I will bring back the shadow on the sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which it had gone down.
- Ps 19:4 : 4 Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tabernacle for the sun,
- Ps 77:17-18 : 17 The clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound; Your arrows also went abroad. 18 The voice of Your thunder was in the heavens; the lightnings illuminated the world; the earth trembled and shook.
- Josh 10:11-13 : 11 And it happened, as they fled from Israel and were on the descent to Beth Horon, that the LORD cast great stones from heaven upon them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than the children of Israel killed with the sword. 12 Then Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and Moon, in the Valley of Aijalon. 13 So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.
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9 Your bow was made bare, according to the oaths of the tribes, Your word. Selah. You cleaved the earth with rivers.
10 The mountains saw You and trembled; the overflowing of the water passed by. The deep uttered its voice and lifted up its hands on high.
- Josh 10:12-132 verses77%
12 Then Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and Moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.
13 So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.
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12 You marched through the land in indignation; You threshed the heathen in anger.
- Ps 77:17-182 verses74%
17 The clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound; Your arrows also went abroad.
18 The voice of Your thunder was in the heavens; the lightnings illuminated the world; the earth trembled and shook.
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23 The quiver rattles against it, the flashing spear and the javelin.
- Ps 76:3-42 verses72%
3 There He broke the arrows of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the battle. Selah.
4 You are more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
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5 Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; by which the people fall under you.
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13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
15 And he sent out arrows and scattered them; lightning, and defeated them.
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6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out your arrows, and destroy them.
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6 The sun shall not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
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28 The arrow cannot make him flee; sling stones are turned to stubble by him.
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10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble, the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
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15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
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12 Therefore, you shall make them turn their back; you shall make ready your arrows on your strings against their face.
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4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
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3 Praise Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all you stars of light.
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12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.
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14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; he shot out lightning, and confused them.
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7 Let them melt away as waters that run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be cut in pieces.
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20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
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35 He teaches my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.
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12 He has bent His bow and set me as a target for the arrow.
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26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
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4 His brightness was like the light; He had rays coming from His hand, and there was the hiding of His power.
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3 The sea saw it and fled; Jordan was driven back.
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14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
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4 His lightnings illuminated the world: the earth saw and trembled.
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3 Gird your sword upon your thigh, O mighty one, with your glory and your majesty.
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3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
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12 Have you commanded the morning since your days began; and caused the dawn to know its place,
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7 And in the greatness of your excellence you have overthrown those who rose against you: you sent forth your wrath, which consumed them like stubble.
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7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction, and the curtains of the land of Midian trembled.
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28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hooves shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
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3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
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18 Have you with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and like a molten mirror?
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2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
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23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his elders gloriously.
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17 And God set them in the sky of the heavens to give light upon the earth,