Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

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.

New American Standard Bible

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.

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.

International Standard Version

He stood up and shook the land; with his stare he startled the nations. The age-old mountains were shattered, and the ancient hilltops bowed down. His ways are eternal.

A Conservative Version

He stood, and measured the earth. He beheld, and drove apart the nations. And the eternal mountains were scattered. The everlasting hills bowed. His goings were [as] of old.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified


He stood and measured the earth;
He looked and startled the nations,
Yes, the eternal mountains were shattered,
The ancient hills bowed low and collapsed.
His ways are eternal.

Bible in Basic English

From his high place he sent shaking on the earth; he saw and nations were suddenly moved: and the eternal mountains were broken, the unchanging hills were bent down; his ways are eternal.

Darby Translation

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.

Julia Smith Translation

He stood, and he will measure the earth: he saw, and he will cause the nations to tremble, and the mountains of eternity will be dispersed, the perpetual hills bowed down: the goings everlasting to him.

King James 2000

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

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.

Modern King James verseion

He stood and measured the earth; He looked and shook nations, and the everlasting mountains were shattered; the eternal hills bowed down. His ways are everlasting.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He standeth, and measureth the earth. He looketh, and the people consume away, the mountains of the world fall down to powder, and the hills are fain to bow themselves, for his goings are everlasting and sure.

NET Bible

He takes his battle position and shakes the earth; with a mere look he frightens the nations. The ancient mountains disintegrate; the primeval hills are flattened. He travels on the ancient roads.

New Heart English Bible

He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.

The Emphasized Bible

He hath stood and measured the earth, he hath looked, and caused nations to tremble, and, scattered as dust, are the perpetual mountains, and, sunk, are the age-abiding hills, - Forthgoings age-abiding, are his.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.

Youngs Literal Translation

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
and measured
מוּד 
Muwd 
Usage: 1

the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

he beheld
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

נתר 
Nathar 
Usage: 8

the nations
גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

and the everlasting
עד 
`ad 
Usage: 48

הרר 
Harar 
Usage: 13

the perpetual
עלם עולם 
`owlam 
Usage: 438

גּבעה 
Gib`ah 
Usage: 69

שׁחח 
Shachach 
Usage: 21

הליכה 
Haliykah 
Usage: 6

References

Easton

Context Readings

The Prayer Of Habakkuk

5 Plague goes before Him,
and pestilence follows in His steps.
6 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.
7 I see the tents of Cushan in distress;
the tent curtains of the land of Midian tremble.


Cross References

Genesis 49:26

The blessings of your father excel
the blessings of my ancestors
and the bounty of the eternal hills.
May they rest on the head of Joseph,
on the crown of the prince of his brothers.

Deuteronomy 33:15

with the best products of the ancient mountains
and the bounty of the eternal hills;

Nahum 1:5

The mountains quake before Him,
and the hills melt;
the earth trembles at His presence—
the world and all who live in it.

Exodus 15:17

You will bring them in and plant them
on the mountain of Your possession;
Lord, You have prepared the place
for Your dwelling;
Lord, Your hands have established the sanctuary.

Exodus 21:31

If it gores a son or a daughter, he is to be dealt with according to this same law.

Numbers 34:1-29

The Lord spoke to Moses,

Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance
and divided the human race,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
according to the number of the people of Israel.

Joshua 10:42

Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign, because the Lord, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.

Joshua 11:18-23

Joshua waged war with all these kings for a long time.

Judges 5:5

The mountains melted before the Lord,
even Sinai before the Lord, the God of Israel.

Nehemiah 9:22-24

You gave them kingdoms and peoples
and assigned them to be a boundary.
They took possession
of the land of Sihon king of Heshbon
and of the land of Og king of Bashan.

Psalm 68:16

Why gaze with envy, you mountain peaks,
at the mountain God desired for His dwelling?
The Lord will live there forever!

Psalm 90:2

Before the mountains were born,
before You gave birth to the earth and the world,
from eternity to eternity, You are God.

Psalm 103:17

But from eternity to eternity
the Lord’s faithful love is toward those who fear Him,
and His righteousness toward the grandchildren

Psalm 114:4-7

The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills, like lambs.

Psalm 135:8-12

He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
both man and beast.

Isaiah 51:6

Look up to the heavens,
and look at the earth beneath;
for the heavens will vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and its inhabitants will die like gnats.
But My salvation will last forever,
and My righteousness will never be shattered.

Isaiah 51:8

For the moth will devour them like a garment,
and the worm will eat them like wool.
But My righteousness will last forever,
and My salvation for all generations.

Isaiah 64:1-3

If only You would tear the heavens open
and come down,
so that mountains would quake at Your presence

Micah 5:8

Then the remnant of Jacob
will be among the nations, among many peoples,
like a lion among animals of the forest,
like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
which tramples and tears as it passes through,
and there is no one to rescue them.

Habakkuk 3:10

The mountains see You and shudder;
a downpour of water sweeps by.
The deep roars with its voice
and lifts its waves high.

Zechariah 14:4-5

On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. The Mount of Olives will be split in half from east to west, forming a huge valley, so that half the mountain will move to the north and half to the south.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Luke 1:50

His mercy is from generation to generation
on those who fear Him.

Acts 17:26

From one man He has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

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