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Habakkuk 3:13

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.

KJV

Egressus es in salutem populi tui, in salutem cum christo tuo : percussisti caput de domo impii, denudasti fundamentum ejus usque ad collum.

Vulgate

ἐξῆλθες εἰς σωτηρίαν λαοῦ σου, τοῦ σῶσαι τὸν χριστόν σου· βαλεῖς εἰς κεφαλὰς ἀνόμων θάνατον, ἐξήγειρας δεσμούς ἕως τραχήλου. διάψαλμα.

LXX

Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked man, Laying bare the foundation even unto the neck. [Selah

ASV

יָצָ֨אתָ֙ לְ/יֵ֣שַׁע עַמֶּ֔/ךָ לְ/יֵ֖שַׁע אֶת מְשִׁיחֶ֑/ךָ מָחַ֤צְתָּ רֹּאשׁ֙ מִ/בֵּ֣ית רָשָׁ֔ע עָר֛וֹת יְס֥וֹד עַד צַוָּ֖אר סֶֽלָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
וֹ
v
noun · 38×
י
y
noun · 36×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְס֖וֹד
ysvd
verb · 20×
יעָ֨רוּ֙
y'rv
verb · 15×
ךָ
k
noun · 40×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
ם
m
verb · 14×
סֶֽלָה
slh
particle · 71×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 9:1 — I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he
  • Exod 14:13 — And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no mo
  • Exod 14:13 — And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no mo
  • Exod 14:28 — And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
  • Exod 15:1 — Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
  • Ezek 13:14 — So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consum
  • Isa 51:9 — Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
  • Josh 10:11 — And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more whi
  • Josh 10:24 — And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your
  • Josh 10:42 — And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
  • Josh 11:8 — And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they
  • Josh 11:12 — And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.
  • Ps 3:2 — Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
  • Ps 7:13 — He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
  • Ps 20:6 — Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
  • Ps 28:8 — The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
  • Ps 68:19 — Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
  • Ps 68:21 — But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
  • Ps 105:15 — Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
  • Ps 110:6 — He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
  • Ps 137:7 — Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.