Parallel Verses
Amplified
The mountains saw You and [they] trembled and writhed [as if in pain];
The downpour of waters swept by [as a deluge].
The deep uttered its voice and raged,
It lifted its hands high.
New American Standard Bible
The downpour of waters swept by.
The deep
It lifted high its hands.
King James Version
The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
Holman Bible
a downpour of water sweeps by.
The deep roars with its voice
and lifts its waves
International Standard Version
When the mountains looked upon you, they trembled; the overflowing water passed by, the ocean shouted, and its waves surged upward.
A Conservative Version
The mountains saw thee, and were afraid. The tempest of waters passed by. The deep uttered its voice, and lifted up its hands on high.
American Standard Version
The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.
Bible in Basic English
The mountains saw you and were moved with fear; the clouds were streaming with water: the voice of the deep was sounding; the sun did not come up, and the moon kept still in her place.
Darby Translation
The mountains saw thee, they were in travail: Torrents of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, Lifted up its hands on high.
Julia Smith Translation
They saw thee, the mountains shall tremble: the pouring of the waters passed by: the deep gave his voice, he lifted up his hands on high.
King James 2000
The mountains saw you, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered its voice, and lifted up its hands on high.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[When the] mountains saw you they writhed; a torrent of waters swept by; the deep gave its voice; it raised its hands on high.
Modern King James verseion
They saw You; mountains trembled. The storm of water passed over; the deep uttered its voice and lifted up its hands on high.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The mountains saw thee, and they tembled, the water stream went away: the deep made a noise at the lifting up of thine hand.
NET Bible
When the mountains see you, they shake. The torrential downpour sweeps through. The great deep shouts out; it lifts its hands high.
New Heart English Bible
The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.
The Emphasized Bible
The mountains, have seen thee - they tremble, a downpour of waters, hath passed along, - the roaring deep, hath given forth, his voice, on high - his hand, hath he uplifted.
Webster
The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
World English Bible
The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.
Youngs Literal Translation
Seen thee -- pained are mountains, An inundation of waters hath passed over, Given forth hath the deep its voice, High its hands it hath lifted up.
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Habakkuk 3:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Prayer Of Habakkuk
9
Your bow was made bare;
The rods of chastisement were sworn. Selah (pause, calmly think of that).
You split the earth with rivers [bringing waters to dry places].
The mountains saw You and [they] trembled and writhed [as if in pain];
The downpour of waters swept by [as a deluge].
The deep uttered its voice and raged,
It lifted its hands high.
The sun and moon stood in their places [as before Joshua];
They went away at the light of Your [swift] arrows,
At the radiance and gleam of Your glittering spear.
Cross References
Psalm 93:3
The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
The floods have lifted up their voice;
The floods lift up their pounding waves.
Psalm 98:7-8
Let the sea thunder and roar, and all the things it contains,
The world and those who dwell in it.
Exodus 14:22-28
The Israelites went into the middle of the sea on dry land, and the waters formed a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
Exodus 19:16-18
So it happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and flashes of lightning, and a thick cloud was on the mountain, and a very loud blast was sounded on a ram’s horn, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
Joshua 3:15-16
and when those who were carrying the ark came up to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the ark were submerged at the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all of its banks throughout the time of harvest),
Joshua 4:18
When the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord had come up from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of their feet were raised up to the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and flowed over all its banks as before.
Joshua 4:23-24
For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you crossed over, just as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed;
Judges 5:4-5
“Lord, when You went out from Seir,
When You marched from the field of Edom,
The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped,
Yes, the clouds dripped water.
Nehemiah 9:11
“You divided the sea before them,
So that they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land;
You hurled their pursuers into the depths,
Like a stone into mighty and raging waters.
Psalm 18:15
Then the stream beds of the waters appeared,
And the foundations of the world were laid bare
At Your rebuke, O Lord,
At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
Psalm 65:13
The meadows are clothed with flocks
And the valleys are covered with grain;
They shout for joy and they sing.
Psalm 66:6
He turned the sea into dry land;
They crossed through the river on foot;
There we rejoiced in Him.
Psalm 68:7-8
O God, when You went out before Your people,
When You marched through the wilderness, Selah.
Psalm 74:13-15
You divided the [Red] Sea by Your strength;
You broke the heads of the
Psalm 77:16-19
The waters [of the Red Sea] saw You, O God;
The waters saw You, they were in anguish;
The deeps also trembled.
Psalm 96:11-13
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
Let the sea roar, and all the things it contains;
Psalm 97:4-5
His lightnings have illuminated the world;
The earth has seen and trembled.
Psalm 114:3-8
The [Red] Sea
The Jordan turned back.
Psalm 136:13-15
To Him who divided the
For His lovingkindness endures forever;
Isaiah 11:15-16
And the Lord will utterly destroy
The tongue of the
And with His scorching wind
He will wave His hand over the River;
He will strike and divide it into seven channels
And make [it possible for] people [to] walk over in sandals.
Isaiah 43:20
“The beasts of the field will honor Me,
Jackals and ostriches,
Because I have given waters in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert,
To give drink to My people, My chosen.
Isaiah 55:12
“For you will go out [from exile] with joy
And be led forth [by the Lord Himself] with peace;
The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you,
And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Isaiah 63:11-13
Then His people remembered the days of old, of Moses [and they said],
Where is He who brought our fathers up out of the [Red] Sea, with the shepherds of His flock [Moses and Aaron]?
Where is He who put His Holy Spirit in their midst,
Isaiah 64:1-2
That the mountains might quake at Your presence—
Jeremiah 4:24
I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were trembling,
And all the hills moved back and forth.
Micah 1:4
The mountains shall melt under Him
And the valleys shall be split
Like wax before the fire,
Like waters poured down a steep place.
Nahum 1:5
The mountains quake before Him
And the hills melt away;
Indeed the earth is shaken by His presence—
Yes, the world and all that dwell in it.
Habakkuk 3:6
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.
Matthew 27:51
And [at once] the veil [of the Holy of Holies] of the temple was
Hebrews 11:29
By faith the people [of Israel] crossed the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land; but when the Egyptians attempted it they were drowned.
Revelation 6:14
The sky was split [separated from the land] and rolled up like a scroll, and every mountain and island were dislodged and moved out of their places.
Revelation 16:12
Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates; and its water was dried up, so that the way would be prepared for [the coming of] the kings from
Revelation 20:11
And I saw a great white throne and Him who was seated upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them [for this heaven and earth are passing away].