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Habakkuk 3:6 KJV
Habakkuk · chapter 3 · verse 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 3:6 · King James Version
Habakkuk 3:6 in context
4And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
5Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
6He 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.
7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
8Was 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?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- everlastingʻadproperly, a terminusH5703 →
- mountainshârâra mountainH2042 →
- scatteredpûwtsto dash in pieces, literally or figurativelyH6327 →
- perpetualʻôwlâmproperly, concealedH5769 →
- measuredmûwdto shakeH4128 →
- asundernâtharto jumpH5425 →
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It has been the usual practice of God's people, when they have been in distress and ready to fall into despair, to help themselves by recollecting their experiences, and reviving them, considering the days of old, and the years of ancient times (Psa 77:5), and pleading with God in prayer, as he is pleased sometimes to…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-15