Habakkuk 3:10 the mountains saw you and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its waves on high.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
the mountains saw you and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its waves on high.

English Standard Version
The mountains saw you and writhed; the raging waters swept on; the deep gave forth its voice; it lifted its hands on high.

New American Standard Bible
The mountains saw You and quaked; The downpour of waters swept by. The deep uttered forth its voice, It lifted high its hands.

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

International Standard Version
When the mountains looked upon you, they trembled; the overflowing water passed by, the ocean shouted, and its waves surged upward.

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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The mountains saw thee, and were grieved: the great body of waters passed away. The deep put forth its voice: the deep lifted up its hands.

Darby Bible 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.

Young's 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.

Cross References

Matthew 8:24
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

Psalm 77:16
The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

Psalm 93:3
The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

Psalm 98:7
Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Psalm 98:8
Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together

Psalm 104:32
He looks on the earth, and it trembles: he touches the hills, and they smoke.

Psalm 148:7
Praise the LORD from the earth, you dragons, and all deeps:

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

3:3-15 God's people, when in distress, and ready to despair, seek help by considering the days of old, and the years of ancient times, and by pleading them with God in prayer. The resemblance between the Babylonish and Egyptian captivities, naturally presents itself to the mind, as well as the possibility of a like deliverance through the power of Jehovah. God appeared in his glory. All the powers of nature are shaken, and the course of nature changed, but all is for the salvation of God's own people. Even what seems least likely, shall be made to work for their salvation. Hereby is given a type and figure of the redemption of the world by Jesus Christ. It is for salvation with thine anointed. Joshua who led the armies of Israel, was a figure of Him whose name he bare, even Jesus, our Joshua. In all the salvations wrought for them, God looked upon Christ the Anointed, and brought deliverances to pass by him. All the wonders done for Israel of old, were nothing to that which was done when the Son of God suffered on the cross for the sins of his people. How glorious his resurrection and ascension! And how much more glorious will be his second coming, to put an end to all that opposes him, and all that causes suffering to his people!

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

10. The mountains—repetition with increased emphasis of some of the tremendous phenomena mentioned in Hab 3:6.

overflowing of the water passed by—namely, of the Red Sea; and again, of the Jordan. God marked His favor to His people in all the elements, causing every obstacle, whether mountains or waters, which impeded their progress, to "pass away" [Calvin]. Maurer, not so well, translates, "torrents (rains) of water rush down."

lifted … hands on high—namely, its billows lifted on high by the tempest. Personification. As men signify by voice or gesture of hand that they will do what they are commanded, so these parts of nature testified their obedience to God's will (Ex 14:22; Jos 3:16; Ps 77:17, 18; 114:4).