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Habakkuk 3:9

Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

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עֶרְיָ֤הeryahbareעֶרְיָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “bare”, the ordinary formH6181nuditybare, naked, [idiom] quite.תֵעוֹר֙teorbe made nakedעוּרverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be made naked”, an unfinished actionH5783to (be) barebe made naked.קַשְׁתֶּ֔ךָqashtekhabowקֶשֶׁתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “bow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7198a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris[idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).שְׁבֻע֥וֹתshevuotoathשְׁבוּעָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “oath”, the ordinary formH7621properly, something sworn, i.e. an oathcurse, oath, [idiom] sworn.מַטּ֖וֹתmatotrodמַטֶּהnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “rod”, the ordinary formH4294a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)rod, staff, tribe.אֹ֣מֶרomerpromiseאֹמֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “promise”, the ordinary formH562{something said}promise, speech, thing, word.סֶ֑לָהselahSelahסֶלָהparticle, interjection — “Selah”H5542suspension (of music), i.e. pauseSelah.נְהָר֖וֹתneharotfloodנָהָרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “flood”, the ordinary formH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.תְּבַקַּעtevaqabreak forthבָּקַעverb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “break forth”, an unfinished actionH1234to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or openmake a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.אָֽרֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thy bow is made quite bare; sworn are the rods of the word. Selah. Thou dost cleave the earth with rivers.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thy bow was made quite bare; The oaths to the tribes were a sure word. [ Selah Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

Young’s Literal Translation

Utterly naked Thou dost make Thy bow, Sworn are the tribes — saying, 'Pause!' [With] rivers Thou dost cleave the earth.

World English Bible

You uncovered your bow. You called for your sworn arrows. Selah . You split the earth with rivers.

Darby Translation

Thy bow was made naked, The rods [of discipline] sworn according to [thy] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

Douay-Rheims

Thou wilt surely take up thy bow: according to the oaths which thou hast spoken to the tribes. Thou wilt divide the rivers of the earth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thy bow is made quite bare; sworn are the rods of the word. Selah. Thou dost cleave the earth with rivers.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Surely thou didst bend thy bow at sceptres, saith the Lord. Pause. The land of rivers shall be torn asunder.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐντείνων ἐνέτεινας τόξον σου ἐπὶ σκῆπτρα, λέγει Κύριος· διάψαλμα· ποταμῶν ῥαγήσεται γῆ.