Habakkuk 3:9
Strong's Lexicon
You brandished
עֶרְיָ֤ה (‘er·yāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6181: 1) nudity, nakedness

תֵעוֹר֙ (ṯê·‘ō·wr)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5783: 1) (Niphal) to be exposed, be bared, be laid bare

Your bow;
קַשְׁתֶּ֔ךָ (qaš·te·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7198: 1) bow 1a) bow (for hunting, battle) 1b) bowmen, archers 1c) bow (fig. of might) 1d) rainbow

You called for
אֹ֣מֶר (’ō·mer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 562: 1) utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command

שְׁבֻע֥וֹת (šə·ḇu·‘ō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7621: 1) oath, curse 1a) oath 1a1) attesting of innocence 1a2) curse 1b) oath (of Jehovah)

many arrows.
מַטּ֖וֹת (maṭ·ṭō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4294: 1) staff, branch, tribe 1a) staff, rod, shaft 1b) branch (of vine) 1c) tribe 1c1) company led by chief with staff (originally)

Selah
סֶ֑לָה (se·lāh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 5542: 1) to lift up, exalt 1a) Selah 1a1) a technical musical term probably showing accentuation, pause, interruption

You split
תְּבַקַּע־ (tə·ḇaq·qa‘-)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1234: 1) to split, cleave, break open, divide, break through, rip up, break up, tear 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cleave, cleave open 1a2) to break through, break into 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be cleft, be rent open, be split open 1b2) to be broken into 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cleave, cut to pieces, rend open 1c2) to break through, break down 1d) (Pual) 1d1) to be ripped open, be torn open 1d2) to be rent 1d3) to be broken into 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to break into 1e2) to break through 1f) (Hophal) to be broken into 1g) (Hithpael) to burst (themselves) open, cleave asunder

the earth
אָֽרֶץ׃ (’ā·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan

with rivers.
נְהָר֖וֹת (nə·hā·rō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5104: 1) stream, river 1a) stream, river 1b) (underground) streams

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.

Young's Literal Translation
Utterly naked Thou dost make Thy bow, Sworn are the tribes—saying, ‘Pause!’ [With] rivers Thou dost cleave the earth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You took the sheath from Your bow; the arrows are ready to be used with an oath. Selah You split the earth with rivers.

New American Standard Bible
Your bow was made bare, The rods of chastisement were sworn. Selah. You cleaved the earth with rivers.

King James Bible
Thy bow was made quite naked, [according] to the oaths of the tribes, [even thy] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
You uncovered your bow, you called for many arrows. You split the earth with rivers;

New Living Translation
You brandished your bow and your quiver of arrows. You split open the earth with flowing rivers.

English Standard Version
You stripped the sheath from your bow, calling for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.

New American Standard Bible
Your bow was made bare, The rods of chastisement were sworn. Selah. You cleaved the earth with rivers.

King James Bible
Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You took the sheath from Your bow; the arrows are ready to be used with an oath. Selah You split the earth with rivers.

International Standard Version
Your bow was exposed, and your arrows targeted by command. Interlude You split the earth with rivers.

NET Bible
Your bow is ready for action; you commission your arrows. Selah. You cause flash floods on the earth's surface.

American Standard Version
Thy bow was made quite bare; The oaths to the tribes were a'sure word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

English Revised Version
Thy bow was made quite bare; the oaths to the tribes were a sure word. Selah Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

Young's Literal Translation
Utterly naked Thou dost make Thy bow, Sworn are the tribes -- saying, 'Pause!' With rivers Thou dost cleave the earth.
















Cross References
Psalm 7:12
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

Psalm 7:13
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

Psalm 78:16
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

Psalm 105:41
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

Habakkuk 3:11
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.

Habakkuk 1:1
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

Habakkuk 3:8
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?

Habakkuk 3:7
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

Habakkuk 3:6
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.

Habakkuk 3:10
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.

Habakkuk 3:12
Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
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