KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Habakkuk 3:13 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Thou wentest forth” | יָצָ֙אתָ֙ | To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim | wentest forth |
| “for the salvation” | לְיֵ֣שַׁע | Liberty, deliverance, prosperity | salvation |
| “of thy people,” | עַמֶּ֔ךָ | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “even” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “for salvation” | לְיֵ֖שַׁע | Liberty, deliverance, prosperity | salvation |
| “with” | אֶת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | with |
| “thine anointed;” | מְשִׁיחֶ֑ךָ | Anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the Messiah | thine anointed |
| “thou woundedst” | מָחַ֤צְתָּ | To dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy | woundedst |
| “the head” | רֹּאשׁ֙ | The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) | head |
| “out of the house” | מִבֵּ֣ית | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | out house |
| “of the wicked,” | רָשָׁ֔ע | Morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person | wicked |
| “by discovering” | עָר֛וֹת | To be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish | discovering |
| “the foundation” | יְס֥וֹד | A foundation (literally or figuratively) | foundation |
| “unto” | עַד | As far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) | unto |
| “the neck.” | צַוָּ֖אר | The back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound) | neck |
| “Selah.” | סֶֽלָה׃ | Suspension (of music), i.e., pause | Selah |
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11 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.
12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
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