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Habakkuk 3:9

NETBible	Your bow is ready for action;¹ you commission your arrows.² Selah. You cause flash floods on the earth’s surface.³
NIV © biblegateway Hab 3:9	You uncovered your bow, you called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers;
NASB © biblegateway Hab 3:9	Your bow was made bare, The rods of chastisement were sworn. Selah. You cleaved the earth with rivers.
NLT © biblegateway Hab 3:9	You were commanding your weapons of power! You split open the earth with flowing rivers!
MSG © biblegateway Hab 3:9	You unfurled your bow and let loose a volley of arrows. You split Earth with rivers.
BBE © SABDAweb Hab 3:9	Your bow was quite uncovered. Selah. By you the earth was cut through with rivers.
NRSV © bibleoremus Hab 3:9	You brandished your naked bow, sated were the arrows at your command. Selah You split the earth with rivers.
NKJV © biblegateway Hab 3:9	Your bow was made quite ready; Oaths were sworn over Your arrows. Selah You divided the earth with rivers.
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KJV	Thy bow <07198> was made quite <06181> naked <05783> (8735)_, [according] to the oaths <07621> of the tribes <04294>_, [even thy] word <0562>_. Selah <05542>_. Thou didst cleave <01234> (8762) the earth <0776> with rivers <05104>_. {earth...: or, rivers of the earth}
NASB © biblegateway Hab 3:9	Your bow <07198> was made <05783> bare <06181> <5783>, The rods <04294> of chastisement <0561> were sworn <07621> . Selah <05542> . You cleaved <01234> the earth <0776> with rivers <05104> .
LXXM	enteinwn {V-PAPNS} enteneiv {V-FAI-2S} to <3588> T-ASN toxon <5115> N-ASN sou <4771> P-GS epi <1909> PREP ta <3588> T-APN skhptra {N-APN} legei <3004> V-PAI-3S kuriov <2962> N-NSM diaqalma {N-NSN} potamwn <4215> N-GPM raghsetai <4486> V-FPI-3S gh <1065> N-NSF
NET [draft] ITL	Your bow <07198> is ready <05783> for action <06181> ; you commission <07621> your arrows <04294> . Selah <05542> . You cause flash floods <05104> on the earth’s surface <0776> .
HEBREW	Ura <0776> eqbt <01234> twrhn <05104> hlo <05542> rma <0562> twjm <04294> twebs <07621> Ktsq <07198> rwet <05783> hyre (3:9) <06181>

NETBible

Your bow is ready for action;¹ you commission your arrows.² Selah. You cause flash floods on the earth’s surface.³

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “[into] nakedness your bow is laid bare.”

²tn Heb “sworn in are the arrow-shafts with a word.” The passive participle of שָׁבַע (shava’), “swear an oath,” also occurs in Ezek 21:23 ET (21:28 HT) referencing those who have sworn allegiance. Here the Lord’s arrows are personified and viewed as having received a commission which they have vowed to uphold. In Jer 47:6-7 the Lord’s sword is given such a charge. In the Ugaritic myths Baal’s weapons are formally assigned the task of killing the sea god Yam.

³tn Heb “[with] rivers you split open the earth.” A literal rendering like “You split the earth with rivers” (so NIV, NRSV) suggests geological activity to the modern reader, but in the present context of a violent thunderstorm, the idea of streams swollen to torrents by downpours better fits the imagery.

³sn As the Lord comes in a thunderstorm the downpour causes streams to swell to river-like proportions and spread over the surface of the ground, causing flash floods.