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Habakkuk 3:2

O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

KJV

Domine, audivi auditionem tuam, et timui. Domine, opus tuum, in medio annorum vivifica illud ; in medio annorum notum facies : cum iratus fueris, misericordiæ recordaberis.

Vulgate

Κύριε, εἰσακήκοα τὴν ἀκοήν σου, καὶ ἐφοβήθην· κατενόησα τὰ ἔργα σου, καὶ ἐξέστην. ἐν μέσῳ δύο ζῴων γνωσθήσῃ, ἐν τῷ ἐγγίζειν τὰ ἔτη ἐπιγνωσθήσῃ· ἐν τῷ παρεῖναι τὸν καιρὸν ἀναδειχθήσῃ· ἐν τῷ ταραχθῆναι τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐν ὀργῇ ἐλέους μνησθήσῃ.

LXX

O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.

ASV

יְהוָ֗ה שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי שִׁמְעֲ/ךָ֮ יָרֵאתִי֒ יְהוָ֗ה פָּֽעָלְ/ךָ֙ בְּ/קֶ֤רֶב שָׁנִים֙ חַיֵּ֔י/הוּ בְּ/קֶ֥רֶב שָׁנִ֖ים תּוֹדִ֑יעַ בְּ/רֹ֖גֶז רַחֵ֥ם תִּזְכּֽוֹר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 38×
וֹ
v
noun · 227×
זְכָר
zkr
verb · 231×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
ם
m
verb · 45×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
רֹֽגֶז
rgz
noun · 7×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
שֵׁ֣מַע
shm'
noun · 18×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

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Cross-references

  • 2Chr 34:27 — Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and did
  • 2Sam 24:10 — And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of t
  • Dan 8:17 — So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
  • Dan 9:2 — In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolation
  • Exod 9:20 — He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
  • Exod 32:10 — Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
  • Ezra 9:8 — And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a litt
  • Ezra 9:8 — And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a litt
  • Gen 8:1 — And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
  • Hab 1:5 — Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
  • Hab 1:12 — Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
  • Hab 3:16 — When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people,
  • Hab 3:16 — When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people,
  • Heb 11:7 — By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness whi
  • Heb 12:21 — And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
  • Hos 6:2 — After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
  • 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?
  • Isa 53:1 — Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
  • Isa 54:8 — In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
  • Isa 63:15 — Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained
  • Isa 66:2 — For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
  • Jer 10:24 — O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
  • Jer 25:11 — And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
  • Jer 29:10 — For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
  • Jer 36:21 — So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the ki
  • Jer 46:28 — Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct the
  • Jer 52:31 — And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in
  • Job 4:12 — Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
  • John 10:10 — The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
  • Jonah 1:17 — Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
  • Lam 3:32 — But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
  • Lam 5:1 — Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
  • Lam 5:21 — Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
  • Num 12:15 — And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
  • Num 14:10 — But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
  • Num 16:46 — And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out
  • Phil 1:6 — Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
  • Ps 6:1 — O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
  • Ps 38:1 — O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
  • Ps 38:1 — O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.