Habakkuk 3:11 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
Sun -- moon -- hath stood -- a habitation, At the light thine arrows go on, At the brightness, the glittering of thy spear.
English ASV
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.
English Amplified
The sun and moon stood back [as before Joshua] in their habitation at the light of Your arrows as they sped, at the flash of Your glittering spear. [Josh. 10:12, 13.]
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
The sun and moon stood back [as before Joshua] in their habitation at the light of Your arrows as they sped, at the flash of Your glittering spear. [Josh. 10:12, 13.]
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
Sun and moon stand still in their lofty residence, at the flash of your flying arrows, at the brightness of your shining spear.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
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.
English EASY 2024
You shoot your bright arrows so that the sun and the moon stand still in the sky. Your bright spear flies like lightning, and the sun and the moon do not move!
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
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.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
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.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
At the flash of your speeding arrows and the gleam of your shining spear, the sun and the moon stood still.
English God's Word - GW 1995
The sun and the moon stand still. They scatter at the light of your arrows, at the bright lightning of your spear.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
Sun and moon stand still in [their] lofty residence, at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
English KJV 1611
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.
English LSB
Sun and moon stood in their lofty places; They went away at the light of Your arrows, At the brightness of Your flashing spear.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
The sun and moon stood still in their places; at the light of Your arrows they went, at the flash of Your glittering spear.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Sun and moon stood in their places; They went away at the light of Your arrows, At the radiance of Your gleaming spear.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
the moon remains in its shelter, At the light of your flying arrows, at the gleam of your flashing spear.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
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.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
The sun and moon stood still in the sky. They stopped because your flying arrows flashed by. Your gleaming spear shone like lightning.
English NIV
Sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the glint of your flying arrows, at the lightning of your flashing spear.
English NKJ 1982
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; At the light of Your arrows they went, At the shining of Your glittering spear.
English NLT
The lofty sun and moon began to fade, obscured by brilliance from your arrows and the flashing of your glittering spear.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
the moon stood still in its exalted place, at the light of your arrows speeding by, at the gleam of your flashing spear.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
Sun and moon stood still in the sky when your speeding arrows flashed and your glittering spear gleamed.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
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.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
The lofty sun and moon began to fade, obscured by brilliance from your arrows and the flashing of your glittering spear.
English Tyndale 1537
The Sun(Sonne) and Moon remained still in their habitation. Thine arrows went out glistering, and thy spears as the shine of the lightning.