NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Thou wentest forthyatsa' (yaw-tsaw') to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim. for the salvation yesha` (yeh'-shah) liberty, deliverance, prosperity -- safety, salvation, saving. of thy people `am (am) a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people. even for salvation yesha` (yeh'-shah) liberty, deliverance, prosperity -- safety, salvation, saving. with thine anointed mashiyach (maw-shee'-akh) anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the Messiah -- anointed, Messiah. thou woundedst machats (maw-khats') to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy -- dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound. the head ro'sh (roshe) the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) out of the house bayith (bah'-yith) a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) of the wicked rasha` (raw-shaw') morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person -- + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong. by discovering `arah (aw-raw') to be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish -- leave destitute, discover, empty, make naked, pour (out), rase, spread self, uncover. the foundation ycowd (yes-ode') a foundation -- bottom, foundation, repairing unto the neck tsavva'r (tsav-vawr') in the sense of binding; the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound) -- neck. Selah celah (seh'-law) suspension (of music), i.e. pause -- Selah. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible You went forth for the salvation of Your people, For the salvation of Your anointed. You struck the head of the house of the evil To lay him open from thigh to neck. Selah. King James Bible Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah. Holman Christian Standard Bible You come out to save Your people, to save Your anointed. You crush the leader of the house of the wicked and strip him from foot to neck. Selah International Standard Version You marched out to deliver your people, to deliver with your anointed. You struck the head of the house of the wicked; you stripped him naked from head to foot. Interlude NET Bible You march out to deliver your people, to deliver your special servant. You strike the leader of the wicked nation, laying him open from the lower body to the neck. Selah. GOD'S WORD® Translation You go out to save your people, to save your anointed. You crush the leader of the wicked household, stripping him bare from head to toe. [Selah] King James 2000 Bible You went forth for the salvation of your people, even for salvation with your anointed; you wounded the head out of the house of the wicked, by laying bare from the foundation to the neck. Selah. Links Habakkuk 3:13Habakkuk 3:13 NIV Habakkuk 3:13 NLT Habakkuk 3:13 ESV Habakkuk 3:13 NASB Habakkuk 3:13 KJV |