Habakkuk · Geneva Bible (1599)
Habakkuk 3 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 A prayer of Habakkuk the Prophet for the ignorances.
1 ORACIÓN de Habacuc profeta, sobre Sigionoth.
1 A prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet, set to victorious music.
2 O Lord, I haue heard thy voyce, and was afraide: O Lord, reuiue thy worke in the mids of the people, in the mids of the yeeres make it knowen: in wrath remember mercy.
2 Oh Jehová, oído he tu palabra, y temí: oh Jehová, aviva tu obra en medio de los tiempos, en medio de los tiempos hazla conocer; en la ira acuérdate de la misericordia.
2 Yahweh, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, Yahweh. Renew your work in the middle of the years. In the middle of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy.
3 God commeth from Teman, and the holy one from mount Paran, Selah. His glory couereth the heauens, and the earth is full of his prayse,
3 Dios vendrá de Temán, y el Santo del monte de Parán. (Selah.) Su gloria cubrió los cielos, y la tierra se llenó de su alabanza.
3 God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and his praise filled the earth.
4 And his brightnes was as the light: he had hornes comming out of his hands, and there was the hiding of his power.
4 Y el resplandor fué como la luz; rayos brillantes salían de su mano; y allí estaba escondida su fortaleza.
4 His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.
5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coales went forth before his feete.
5 Delante de su rostro iba mortandad, y á sus pies salían carbones encendidos.
5 Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet.
6 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.
6 Paróse, y midió la tierra: miró, é hizo temblar las gentes; y los montes antiguos fueron desmenuzados, los collados antiguos se humillaron á él. Sus caminos son eternos.
6 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.
7 For his iniquitie I sawe the tentes of Cushan, and the curtaines of the land of Midian did tremble.
7 He visto las tiendas de Cushán en aflicción; las tiendas de la tierra de Madián temblaron.
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction. The dwellings of the land of Midian trembled.
8 Was the Lord angry against the riuers? or was thine anger against the floods? or was thy wrath against the sea, that thou diddest ride vpon thine horses? thy charets brought saluation.
8 ¿Airóse Jehová contra los ríos? ¿contra los ríos fué tu enojo? ¿tu ira contra la mar, cuando subiste sobre tus caballos, y sobre tus carros de salud?
8 Was Yahweh displeased with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers, or your wrath against the sea, that you rode on your horses, on your chariots of salvation?
9 Thy bowe was manifestly reueiled, and the othes of the tribes were a sure worde, Selah. thou diddest cleaue the earth with riuers.
9 Descubrióse enteramente tu arco, los juramentos á las tribus, palabra [segura]. (Selah.) Hendiste la tierra con ríos.
9 You uncovered your bow. You called for your sworn arrows. Selah. You split the earth with rivers.
10 The mountaines sawe thee, and they trembled: the streame of the water passed by: the deepe made a noyse, and lift vp his hand on hie.
10 Viéronte, y tuvieron temor los montes: pasó la inundación de las aguas: el abismo dió su voz, la hondura alzó sus manos.
10 The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.
11 The sunne and moone stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrowes they went, and at the bright shining of thy speares.
11 El sol y la luna se pararon en su estancia: á la luz de tus saetas anduvieron, y al resplandor de tu fulgente lanza.
11 The sun and moon stood still in the sky at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear.
12 Thou trodest downe the land in anger, and didest thresh the heathen in displeasure.
12 Con ira hollaste la tierra, con furor trillaste las gentes.
12 You marched through the land in wrath. You threshed the nations in anger.
13 Thou wentest foorth for the saluation of thy people, euen for saluation with thine Anointed: thou hast wounded the head of the house of the wicked, and discoueredst the foundations vnto the necke, Selah.
13 Saliste para salvar tu pueblo, para salvar con tu ungido. Traspasaste la cabeza de la casa del impío, desnudando el cimiento hasta el cuello. (Selah.)
13 You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You stripped them head to foot. Selah.
14 Thou didest strike thorowe with his owne staues the heades of his villages: they came out as a whirle winde to scatter me: their reioycing was as to deuoure the poore secretly.
14 Horadaste con sus báculos las cabezas de sus villas, que como tempestad acometieron para derramarme: su orgullo era como para devorar al pobre encubiertamente.
14 You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me, gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret.
15 Thou didest walke in the sea with thine horses vpon the heape of great waters.
15 Hiciste camino en la mar á tus caballos, por montón de grandes aguas.
15 You trampled the sea with your horses, churning mighty waters.
16 When I heard, my bellie trembled: my lippes shooke at the voyce: rottennesse entred into my bones, and I trembled in my selfe, that I might rest in the day of trouble: for whe he commeth vp vnto the people, he shall destroy them.
16 Oí, y tembló mi vientre; á la voz se batieron mis labios; pudrición se entró en mis huesos, y en mi asiento me estremecí; si bien estaré quieto en el día de la angustia, cuando suba al pueblo el que lo invadirá con sus tropas.
16 I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.
17 For the figtree shall not flourish, neither shall fruite be in the vines: the labour of the oliue shall faile, and the fieldes shall yeelde no meate: the sheepe shalbe cut off from the folde, and there shalbe no bullocke in the stalles.
17 Aunque la higuera no florecerá, ni en las vides habrá frutos; mentirá la obra de la oliva, y los labrados no darán mantenimiento, [y] las ovejas serán quitadas de la majada, y no habrá vacas en los corrales;
17 For even though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food, the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls,
18 But I will reioyce in the Lord: I will ioy in the God of my saluation.
18 Con todo, yo me alegraré en Jehová, y me gozaré en el Dios de mi salud.
18 yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
19 The Lord God is my strength: hee will make my feete like hindes feete, and he will make me to walke vpon mine hie places. To the chiefe singer on Neginothai.
19 Jehová el Señor es mi fortaleza, el cual pondrá mis pies como de ciervas, y me hará andar sobre mis alturas. Al jefe de los cantores sobre mis instrumentos de cuerdas.
19 Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments.
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Habakkuk
The prophet who received the burden of his book in a vision.
Cited in the guide: Habakkuk 1:1; Habakkuk 3:1
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 86:1–17; Psalm 90:1–17; Psalm 7:1–17
- 2 Psalm 85:6; Psalm 90:13–17; Hosea 6:2–3; Isaiah 51:9–11; Lamentations 3:32
- 3 Deuteronomy 33:2; Obadiah 9; Amos 1:12; Psalm 4:4; Isaiah 6:3
- 4 Matthew 17:2; Isaiah 60:19–20; Revelation 22:5; Exodus 14:20; Job 26:14
- 5 Exodus 12:29–30; Nahum 1:2–3; Numbers 16:46–49; Numbers 14:12; Psalm 78:50–51
- 6 Genesis 49:26; Nahum 1:5; Deuteronomy 33:15; Isaiah 64:1–3; Isaiah 51:6
- 7 Exodus 15:14–16; Genesis 25:1–4; Numbers 22:3–4; Psalm 83:5–10; Genesis 10:6–7
- 8 Psalm 68:17; Deuteronomy 33:26–27; Exodus 14:21–22; Psalm 114:3; Psalm 114:5
- 9 Psalm 7:12–13; Psalm 105:41; Psalm 78:15–16; Luke 1:72–75; Exodus 17:6
- 10 Psalm 98:7–8; Jeremiah 4:24; Psalm 93:3; Joshua 4:23–24; Isaiah 43:20
- 11 Psalm 144:5–6; Psalm 18:12–14; Joshua 10:11–13; Isaiah 38:8; Isaiah 28:21
- 12 Jeremiah 51:33; Micah 4:12–13; Isaiah 41:15; Nehemiah 9:22–24; Psalm 44:1–3
- 13 Psalm 110:6; Psalm 105:15; Exodus 14:13–14; Joshua 11:12; Psalm 68:19–23
- 14 Zechariah 9:14; Daniel 11:40; Psalm 118:10–12; Exodus 11:4–7; Exodus 1:10–16
- 15 Psalm 77:19; Habakkuk 3:8; Exodus 15:8
- 16 Jeremiah 23:9; Habakkuk 1:5–11; Habakkuk 3:2; Daniel 10:8; Jeremiah 45:3–5
- 17 Joel 1:16–18; Jeremiah 5:17; Amos 4:6–10; Deuteronomy 28:15–18; Deuteronomy 28:30–41
- 18 Job 13:15; Micah 7:7; Philippians 4:4; Isaiah 61:10; Isaiah 12:2
- 19 2 Samuel 22:34; Psalm 18:33; Philippians 4:13; Psalm 46:1; Deuteronomy 32:13
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… had been foreknown by the Father; as also says the prophet Habakkuk, "By this Thou shalt be known when the years have drawn nigh; Thou shalt be set forth when the time comes; because my soul is disturbed by anger, Thou shalt remember Thy mercy." Paul also says: "But when the fulness of time came, God sent forth His Son." …
In his prayer, with a song, to whom but the Lord Christ does he say, "O Lord, I have heard Thy hearing, and was afraid: O Lord, I have considered Thy works, and was greatly afraid?" What is this but the inexpressible admiration of the foreknown, new, and sudden salvation of men?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Again thou hast heard Habakkuk say to the Lord, When the years draw nigh, thou shalt be made known, when the time is come, thou shalt be shewn.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
And he makes answer most plainly and says, God shall come from Teman (now Teman is by interpretation south') and the Holy One from Mount Paran, shady, woody: what the Psalmist spake in like words, We found it in the plains of the wood.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)