Habakkuk 3:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Habakkuk 3:6 in 6 Bible Translations

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Habakkuk 3:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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.”

Habakkuk 3:6 — World English Bible

Habakkuk 3:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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 — American Standard Version

Habakkuk 3:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“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 <FI>are<Fi> His.”

Habakkuk 3:6 — Young's Literal Translation

Habakkuk 3:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“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 — Darby Translation

Habakkuk 3:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“He stoode and measured the earth: he behelde and dissolued the nations and the euerlasting mountaines were broken, and the ancient hilles did bowe: his wayes are euerlasting.”

Habakkuk 3:6 — Geneva Bible

Habakkuk 3:6 in Context — Habakkuk 3

4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.

5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.

6 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.

7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

8 Was the Lord displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?

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What Does Habakkuk 3:6 Mean?

Habakkuk 3:6 is a verse from the Book of Habakkuk, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Habakkuk chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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