the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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THE MESSAGE
Habakkuk 3:11
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Sun and moon stand still in their lofty residence,at the flash of your flying arrows,at the brightness of your shining spear.
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.
The Sunne and Moone stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrowes they went, and at the shining of thy glittering speare.
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.
The sun and moon stood still in their place at the light of your arrows as they sped, at the flash of your glittering spear.
Sun and moon stood in their lofty places; They went away at the light of Your arrows, At the radiance of Your flashing spear.
The sun and moon stood still in the sky; they stopped when they saw the flash of your flying arrows and the gleam of your shining spear.
The sun and moon stood in their places [as before Joshua]; They went away at the light of Your [swift] arrows, At the radiance and gleam of Your glittering spear.
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.
Sun and moon stood in their places; They went away at the light of Your arrows, At the radiance of Your gleaming spear.
Sun and moon stood in their lofty places;They went away at the light of Your arrows,At the brightness of Your flashing spear.
Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
The sun and moon stood still, while your arrows and spears flashed like lightning.
The sun and moon stand still in the sky at the light of your arrows speeding by, at the gleam of your glittering spear.
The sun [and] moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows which shot forth,—At the shining of thy glittering spear.
The sun and the moon lost their brightness. They stopped shining when they saw your bright flashes of lightning. That lightning was like spears and arrows shooting through the air.
The sun and moon stood still in their habitations; at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spears.
At the flash of your speeding arrows and the gleam of your shining spear, the sun and the moon stood still.
Sun and moon stood still in their place; at the light of your arrows they moved about; at the gleam of the flashing of your spear.
The sun and moon stood still in their dwelling. At the light of Your arrows they go, at the shining of Your gleaming spear.
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows as they went, At the shining of thy glittering spear.
At the light of your arrows they went away, at the shining of your polished spear.
The sun and moon stand still in their habitation; at the light of Thine arrows as they go, at the shining of Thy glittering spear.
The sonne [and] moone stoode still in [their] habitation, at the light of thyne arrowes they went, [and] at the bright shining of thy speares.
The sun was exalted, and the moon stood still in her course: thy darts shall go forth at the light, at the brightness of the gleaming of thine arms.
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; at the light of thine arrows as they went, at the shining of thy glittering spear.
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.
The sunne and moone stoden in her dwellyng place; in the liyt of thin arowis thei schulen go, in the schynyng of thi spere glisnynge.
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of your arrows as they went, At the shining of your glittering spear.
The sun [and] moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thy arrows they went, [and] at the shining of thy glittering spear.
The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear.
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; At the light of Your arrows they went, At the shining of Your glittering spear.
The sun and moon stood still in the sky as your brilliant arrows flew and your glittering spear flashed.
The sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the light of Your arrows, at the shining of Your spear.
the moon stood still in its exalted place, at the light of your arrows speeding by, at the gleam of your flashing spear.
Sun, moon, have stood still, on high, - like light, thine arrows, speed along, like brightness, is the flash of thy spear.
The sun and the moon stood still in their habitation, in the light of thy arrows, they shall go in the brightness of thy glittering spear.
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation at the light of thine arrows as they sped, at the flash of thy glittering spear.
Sun -- moon -- hath stood -- a habitation, At the light thine arrows go on, At the brightness, the glittering of thy spear.
The Sonne and Mone remayned still in their habitacion. Thine arowes wente out glisteringe, and thy speares as the shyne of the lightenynge.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
sun: Joshua 10:12, Joshua 10:13, Isaiah 28:21, Isaiah 38:8
habitation: Psalms 19:4
at the light of thine arrows they went: or, thine arrows walked in the light, Joshua 10:11, Psalms 18:12-14, Psalms 77:17, Psalms 77:18, Psalms 144:5, Psalms 144:6
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:16 - to rule 2 Samuel 22:15 - arrows Psalms 7:13 - ordaineth Psalms 18:14 - Yea Psalms 46:6 - earth Ecclesiastes 1:5 - hasteth Ezekiel 21:10 - it is furbished Nahum 3:3 - bright sword and the glittering spear Acts 12:7 - and a
Cross-References
God said, "What have you done! The voice of your brother's blood is calling to me from the ground. From now on you'll get nothing but curses from this ground; you'll be driven from this ground that has opened its arms to receive the blood of your murdered brother. You'll farm this ground, but it will no longer give you its best. You'll be a homeless wanderer on Earth."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The sun [and] moon stood still in their habitation,.... This is generally thought to refer to the miracle in the times of Joshua, Joshua 10:12 but a different word is there used, especially of the standing still of the sun; nor are the sun and moon said there to stand in their habitation; nor will the series of the history of times past, or the thread of prophecy of things to come, admit of this reference; nor do the words express the clear shining of the sun and moon at their standing still, but the reverse; for the phrase, "in their habitation", may be rendered, "within their tent" p, or pavilion; Joshua 10:12- :; which is no other than their being encompassed and covered with clouds; which is just such a pavilion as God is said to be in, when "darkness was his secret place; his pavilion round about him dark waters and thick clouds of the skies", Psalms 18:11 and so is expressive of the dark times of antichrist, which followed, when the Pagan persecutions were over, Christianity supported by secular powers, and the Christian churches raised to the height of riches and honour; and then the man of sin showed himself, the pope of Rome took upon him the title of universal bishop, and introduced false doctrines, strange worship, and bad discipline, into the church, and obscured the glorious light of it; and Mahomet also arose with his locusts, the Saracens, out of the bottomless pit opened, from whence came a smoke which darkened the sun and air, Revelation 9:1:
at the light of thine arrows they went, [and] at the shining of thy glittering spear; the commonly received sense of the words is, either at the light and shining of the sun and moon, when they stood still in Joshua's time; the arrows of the Almighty, and the lightning of his spear, that is, hailstones mingled with fire, and thunder, and lightning, which the heathens call Jupiter's arrows; these steered their course, being directed against the enemies of the Lord's people, and fought for them, Joshua 10:10 or at the light of these, which looked very bright and dazzling through the rays of the sun upon them, the Israelites marched against their enemies, and avenged themselves on them: but these bright arrows and glittering spear, and the light and shining of them, seem to design no other than the weapons of the Christian ministry or warfare; the Gospel, and the doctrines of it; the light of which broke forth at the Reformation, the same that is meant by the "morning star", Revelation 2:28 irradiated by which, the ministers of it especially went forth with courage against their antichristian enemies, and prevailed, and spread the Gospel in many countries. It may be rendered as a petition, "let them walk at the light" q, c. a prayer of faith that it might be, and which is a prophecy that it would be.
p זבלה "intra habitaculum", Cocceius, Van Till, "[vel] in tugurio", ib. q יהלכו "ambulent ad lucem", &c. Van Till.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Sun and moon stood still (as one act retiring into) in their habitation - They withdrew, as it were, in the midst of the great tempest, wherein Joshua 10:11-13. “God cast down great stones from heaven upon” His enemies and they died; and “the sun stood still, and the moon stayed.” The sun too withdrew itself in the great darkness at the crucifixion, as not bearing to look upon the death of its Maker, when the majesty of the Sun of Righteousness was darkened o’er; and signs in the sun and in the moon there shall be to the end.
At the light of Thine arrows they went - A. E.: “There was no need of the sun by day, nor of the moon by night; for by the light of Thine arrows can the sons of men hold their way.” Tanchum: “This is a mystical interpretation, as you see; this is like the promise of the Most High; Isaiah 60:19. ‘the sun shall be no more for thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee, and the Lord shall be to thee an everlasting light.’” The judgments of God are a light to His people, while they are the destruction of His enemies; in them they “learn righteousness” Isaiah 26:9. The arrows are God’s judgments, as they threaten and wound from afar;
The shining of Thy glittering spear - literally, of the lightning of Thy spear, when close at hand. When all other light is withdrawn, and the Sun, our Lord, is hardly beheld in the darkness of the last days, and the moon, the Church, shall not give her light, Christ not shining upon her as before, because “iniquity shall abound, and the love of many shall wax cold,” and “stars,” many who seem to shine with the light of grace, “shall fall from heaven,” His own shall walk on and advance in holiness. Dion.: “from strength to strength, Psalms 84:7. from good to better, from the way to their home,” by the bright light of the lightning of God’s Judgments, wherein His glory shall be manifested. Arrows and spears are part of the spiritual armory of God, wherewith the people are subdued unto Him. Cyril: “armory, not wherewith He is girt but which He giveth to those who are meet; bright and as it were full of lightning. For most transparent is virtue.” They went then at the light of Thine arrows. Cyril: “because to those who love sin virtue has no beauty, nor, as yet, any brightness. But to those who know her she is nothing less than lightning, bright and transparent, so that whoso hath her is easily known to all around. The disciples then, first having the lightning of Thine arms, shall lead others also to its Light. Admiring and conceiving in themselves those virtues which are the arms of Christ, they shine forth to others, a gleam, as it were, of the bright flash of light inherent in those graces.” Rup.: “They were enlightened and began, by preaching, to send forth shining words of truth. But those words are Thine arrows, shining arrows, showing by their light the way of life, and by their sharp point pricking the hearts of people unto repentance.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Habakkuk 3:11. The sun and moon stood still — This was at the prayer of Joshua, when he fought against the Amorites. See Joshua 10:11-12, and the notes there.
At the light of thine arrows they went — I think we should translate, -
By their light, thine arrows went abroad;
By their brightness, the lightning of thy spear.
Calvin very justly remarks that the arrows and spears of the Israelites are called those of God, under whose auspices the people fought: the meaning is, that by the continuation of the light of the sun and moon, then stayed in their course, the Israelites saw how to continue the battle, till their enemies were all defeated.
