Deuteronomy 32:13

32:13 He enabled him ¹  to travel over the high terrain of the land,

and he ate of the produce of the fields.

He provided honey for him from the cliffs, ² 

and olive oil ³  from the hardest of ⁴  rocks, ⁵ 

Joshua 10:24-25

10:24 When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he ⁶  summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him, “Come here ⁷  and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up ⁸  and put their feet on their necks. 10:25 Then Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ⁹  Be strong and brave, for the Lord will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.

Habakkuk 3:19

3:19 The sovereign Lord is my source of strength. ¹⁰ 

He gives me the agility of a deer; ¹¹ 

he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain. ¹² 

(This prayer is for the song leader. It is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.) ¹³ 

¹ tn The form of the suffix on this verbal form indicates that the verb is a preterite, not an imperfect. As such it simply states the action factually. Note as well the preterites with vav (ו) consecutive that follow in the verse.

² tn Heb “he made him suck honey from the rock.”

³ tn Heb “oil,” but this probably refers to olive oil; see note on the word “rock” at the end of this verse.

⁴ tn Heb “flinty.”

⁵ sn Olive oil from rock probably suggests olive trees growing on rocky ledges and yet doing so productively. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy (NAC), 415; cf. TEV “their olive trees flourished in stony ground.”

⁶ tn Heb “Joshua.” The translation has replaced the proper name with the pronoun (“he”) because a repetition of the proper name here would be redundant according to English style.

⁷ tn Or “Draw near.”

⁸ tn Or “drew near.”

⁹ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

¹⁰ tn Or perhaps, “is my wall,” that is, “my protector.”

¹¹ tn Heb “he makes my feet like those of deer.”

¹² tn Heb “he makes me walk on my high places.”

¹³ tn Heb “For the leader, on my stringed instruments.”