Mazmur 48:5-6
Konteks48:5 As soon as they see, 1 they are shocked; 2
they are terrified, they quickly retreat. 3
48:6 Look at them shake uncontrollably, 4
like a woman writhing in childbirth. 5
Mazmur 66:3
Konteks66:3 Say to God:
“How awesome are your deeds!
Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear 6 before you.
Mazmur 126:2
Konteks126:2 At that time we laughed loudly
and shouted for joy. 7
At that time the nations said, 8
“The Lord has accomplished great things for these people.”
Mazmur 135:9
Konteks135:9 He performed awesome deeds 9 and acts of judgment 10
in your midst, O Egypt,
against Pharaoh and all his servants.
Keluaran 15:14-16
Konteks15:14 The nations will hear 11 and tremble;
anguish 12 will seize 13 the inhabitants of Philistia.
15:15 Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified, 14
trembling will seize 15 the leaders of Moab,
and the inhabitants of Canaan will shake.
15:16 Fear and dread 16 will fall 17 on them;
by the greatness 18 of your arm they will be as still as stone 19
until 20 your people pass by, O Lord,
until the people whom you have bought 21 pass by.
Yosua 2:9-11
Konteks2:9 She said to the men, “I know the Lord is handing this land over to you. 22 We are absolutely terrified of you, 23 and all who live in the land are cringing before 24 you. 25 2:10 For we heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt and how you annihilated the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og, on the other side of the Jordan. 26 2:11 When we heard the news we lost our courage and no one could even breathe for fear of you. 27 For the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on earth below!
Habakuk 3:3-19
Konteks3:3 God comes 28 from Teman, 29
the sovereign 30 one from Mount Paran. 31 Selah. 32
His splendor covers the skies, 33
his glory 34 fills the earth.
3:4 He is as bright as lightning; 35
a two-pronged lightning bolt flashes from his hand. 36
This is the outward display of his power. 37
3:5 Plague goes before him;
pestilence 38 marches right behind him. 39
3:6 He takes his battle position 40 and shakes 41 the earth;
with a mere look he frightens 42 the nations.
The ancient mountains disintegrate; 43
the primeval hills are flattened.
He travels on the ancient roads. 44
3:7 I see the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble; 45
the tent curtains of the land of Midian are shaking. 46
3:8 Is the Lord mad at the rivers?
Are you angry with the rivers?
Are you enraged at the sea? 47
Is this why 48 you climb into your horse-drawn chariots, 49
your victorious chariots? 50
3:9 Your bow is ready for action; 51
you commission your arrows. 52 Selah.
You cause flash floods on the earth’s surface. 53
3:10 When the mountains see you, they shake.
The torrential downpour sweeps through. 54
The great deep 55 shouts out;
it lifts its hands high. 56
3:11 The sun and moon stand still in their courses; 57
the flash of your arrows drives them away, 58
the bright light of your lightning-quick spear. 59
3:12 You furiously stomp on the earth,
you angrily trample down the nations.
3:13 You march out to deliver your people,
to deliver your special servant. 60
You strike the leader of the wicked nation, 61
laying him open from the lower body to the neck. 62 Selah.
3:14 You pierce the heads of his warriors 63 with a spear. 64
They storm forward to scatter us; 65
they shout with joy as if they were plundering the poor with no opposition. 66
3:15 But you trample on the sea with your horses,
on the surging, raging waters. 67
3:16 I listened and my stomach churned; 68
the sound made my lips quiver.
My frame went limp, as if my bones were decaying, 69
and I shook as I tried to walk. 70
I long 71 for the day of distress
to come upon 72 the people who attack us.
3:17 When 73 the fig tree does not bud,
and there are no grapes on the vines;
when the olive trees do not produce, 74
and the fields yield no crops; 75
when the sheep disappear 76 from the pen,
and there are no cattle in the stalls,
3:18 I will rejoice because of 77 the Lord;
I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!
3:19 The sovereign Lord is my source of strength. 78
He gives me the agility of a deer; 79
he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain. 80
(This prayer is for the song leader. It is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.) 81
Kisah Para Rasul 5:38-39
Konteks5:38 So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, 82 it will come to nothing, 83 5:39 but if 84 it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found 85 fighting against God.” He convinced them, 86
Wahyu 11:13
Konteks11:13 Just then 87 a major earthquake took place and a tenth of the city collapsed; seven thousand people 88 were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
[48:5] 1 tn The object of “see” is omitted, but v. 3b suggests that the
[48:5] 2 tn Heb “they look, so they are shocked.” Here כֵּן (ken, “so”) has the force of “in the same measure.”
[48:5] 3 tn The translation attempts to reflect the staccato style of the Hebrew text, where the main clauses of vv. 4-6 are simply juxtaposed without connectives.
[48:6] 4 tn Heb “trembling seizes them there.” The adverb שָׁם (sham, “there”) is used here, as often in poetic texts, to point “to a spot in which a scene is localized vividly in the imagination” (BDB 1027 s.v.).
[48:6] 5 tn Heb “[with] writhing like one giving birth.”
[48:6] sn The language of vv. 5-6 is reminiscent of Exod 15:15.
[66:3] 6 tn See Deut 33:29; Ps 81:15 for other uses of the verb כָּחַשׁ (kakhash) in the sense “cower in fear.” In Ps 18:44 the verb seems to carry the nuance “be weak, powerless” (see also Ps 109:24).
[126:2] 7 tn Heb “then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with a shout.”
[126:2] 8 tn Heb “they said among the nations.”
[135:9] 9 tn Or “signs” (see Ps 65:8).
[135:9] 10 tn Or “portents”; “omens” (see Ps 71:7). The Egyptian plagues are alluded to here.
[15:14] 11 tn This verb is a prophetic perfect, assuming that the text means what it said and this song was sung at the Sea. So all these countries were yet to hear of the victory.
[15:14] 12 tn The word properly refers to “pangs” of childbirth. When the nations hear, they will be terrified.
[15:14] 13 tn The verb is again a prophetic perfect.
[15:15] 14 tn This is a prophetic perfect.
[15:15] 15 tn This verb is imperfect tense.
[15:16] 16 tn The two words can form a nominal hendiadys, “a dreadful fear,” though most English versions retain the two separate terms.
[15:16] 17 tn The form is an imperfect.
[15:16] 18 tn The adjective is in construct form and governs the noun “arm” (“arm” being the anthropomorphic expression for what God did). See GKC 428 §132.c.
[15:16] 19 sn For a study of the words for fear, see N. Waldman, “A Comparative Note on Exodus 15:14-16,” JQR 66 (1976): 189-92.
[15:16] 20 tn Clauses beginning with עַד (’ad) express a limit that is not absolute, but only relative, beyond which the action continues (GKC 446-47 §138.g).
[15:16] 21 tn The verb קָנָה (qanah) here is the verb “acquire, purchase,” and probably not the homonym “to create, make” (see Gen 4:1; Deut 32:6; and Prov 8:22).
[2:9] 22 tn Heb “has given the land to you.” Rahab’s statement uses the Hebrew perfect, suggesting certitude.
[2:9] 23 tn Heb “terror of you has fallen upon us.”
[2:9] 24 tn Or “melting away because of.”
[2:9] 25 tn Both of these statements are actually subordinated to “I know” in the Hebrew text, which reads, “I know that the
[2:10] 26 tn Heb “and what you did to the two Amorite kings who were beyond the Jordan, Sihon and Og, how you annihilated them.”
[2:11] 27 tn Heb “And we heard and our heart[s] melted and there remained no longer breath in a man because of you.”
[3:3] 28 tn In vv. 3-15 there is a mixture of eleven prefixed verbal forms (without vav [ו] consecutive or with vav conjunctive), sixteen suffixed forms, and three prefixed forms with vav consecutive. All of the forms are best taken as indicating completed action from the speaker’s standpoint (all of the prefixed forms being regarded as preterites). The forms could be translated with the past tense, but this would be misleading, for this is not a mere recital of God’s deeds in Israel’s past history. Habakkuk here describes, in terms reminiscent of past theophanies, his prophetic vision of a future theophany (see v. 7, “I saw”). From the prophet’s visionary standpoint the theophany is “as good as done.” This translation uses the English present tense throughout these verses to avoid misunderstanding. A similar strategy is followed by the NEB; in contrast note the NIV and NRSV, which consistently use past tenses throughout the section, and the NASB, which employs present tenses in vv. 3-5 and mostly past tenses in vv. 6-15.
[3:3] 29 sn Teman was a city or region in southern Edom.
[3:3] 30 tn Or traditionally, “holy one.” The term קָדוֹשׁ (qadosh, “holy [one]”) here refers to God’s sovereignty. See v. 3b.
[3:3] 31 sn The precise location of Mount Paran is unknown, but like Teman it was located to the southeast of Israel. Habakkuk saw God marching from the direction of Sinai.
[3:3] 32 tn Selah. The meaning of this musical term (which also appears in vv. 9, 13, and in the Psalms as well) is unknown.
[3:3] 34 tn Heb “praise.” This could mean that the earth responds in praise as God’s splendor is observed in the skies. However, the Hebrew term תְּהִלָּה (tÿhillah, “praise”) can stand by metonymy for what prompts it (i.e., fame, glory, deeds).
[3:4] 35 tn Heb “[His] radiance is like light.” Some see a reference to sunlight, but the Hebrew word אוֹר (’or) here refers to lightning, as the context indicates (see vv. 4b, 9, 11). The word also refers to lightning in Job 36:32 and 37:3, 11, 15.
[3:4] 36 tn Heb “two horns from his hand to him.” Sharp, pointed lightning bolts have a “horn-like” appearance. The weapon of “double lightning” appears often in Mesopotamian representations of gods. See Elizabeth Van Buren, Symbols of the Gods in Mesopotamian Art (AnOr), 70-73.
[3:4] 37 tn Heb “and there [is] the covering of his strength”; or “and there is his strong covering.” The meaning of this line is unclear. The point may be that the lightning bolts are merely a covering, or outward display, of God’s raw power. In Job 36:32 one reads that God “covers his hands with light [or, “lightning”].”
[3:5] 38 tn Because of parallelism with the previous line, the meaning “pestilence” is favored for רֶשֶׁף (reshef) here, but usage elsewhere suggests a destructive bolt of fire may be in view. See BDB 958 s.v.
[3:5] sn There are mythological echoes here, for in Canaanite literature the god Resheph aids Baal in his battles. See J. Day, “New Light on the Mythological Background of the Allusion to Resheph in Habakkuk III 5,” VT 29 (1979): 353-55.
[3:5] 39 tn Heb “goes out at his feet.”
[3:6] 41 tn This verb has been traditionally understood as “measure” (from מוּד, mud), but the immediately following context (vv. 6b-7) favors the meaning “shake” from מָוד (mavd; see HALOT 555 s.v.).
[3:6] 42 tn Heb “makes [the nations] jump [in fear].”
[3:6] 43 tn Or “crumbled,” broke into pieces.”
[3:6] 44 tn Heb “ancient ways [or, “doings”] are his.” The meaning of this line is unclear. Traditionally it has been translated, “his ways are eternal.” However, in this context (see vv. 3, 7) it is more likely that the line speaks of the
[3:7] 45 tn Heb “under trouble I saw the tents of Cushan.”
[3:7] sn Cushan was located in southern Transjordan.
[3:7] 46 tn R. D. Patterson takes תַּחַת אֲוֶן (takhat ’aven) in the first line as a place name, “Tahath-Aven.” (Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah [WEC], 237.) In this case one may translate the verse as a tricolon: “I look at Tahath-Aven. The tents of Cushan are shaking, the tent curtains of the land of Midian.”
[3:8] 47 sn The following context suggests these questions should be answered, “Yes.” The rivers and the sea, symbolizing here the hostile nations (v. 12), are objects of the Lord’s anger (vv. 10, 15).
[3:8] 48 tn Heb “so that.” Here כִּי (ki) is resultative. See the note on the phrase “make it” in 2:18.
[3:8] 49 tn Heb “you mount your horses.” As the next line makes clear, the Lord is pictured here as a charioteer, not a cavalryman. Note NRSV here, “when you drove your horses, // your chariots to victory.”
[3:8] 50 tn Or “chariots of deliverance.”
[3:9] 51 tn Heb “[into] nakedness your bow is laid bare.”
[3:9] 52 tn Heb “sworn in are the arrow-shafts with a word.” The passive participle of שָׁבַע (shava’), “swear an oath,” also occurs in Ezek 21:23 ET (21:28 HT) referencing those who have sworn allegiance. Here the
[3:9] 53 tn Heb “[with] rivers you split open the earth.” A literal rendering like “You split the earth with rivers” (so NIV, NRSV) suggests geological activity to the modern reader, but in the present context of a violent thunderstorm, the idea of streams swollen to torrents by downpours better fits the imagery.
[3:9] sn As the
[3:10] 54 tn Heb “a heavy rain of waters passes by.” Perhaps the flash floods produced by the downpour are in view here.
[3:10] 55 sn The great deep, which is to be equated with the sea (vv. 8, 15), is a symbol of chaos and represents the Lord’s enemies.
[3:10] 56 sn Lifting the hands here suggests panic and is accompanied by a cry for mercy (see Ps 28:2; Lam 2:19). The forces of chaos cannot withstand the Lord’s power revealed in the storm.
[3:11] 57 tn Heb “in their lofty dwelling places.”
[3:11] 58 tn Or “at the light of your arrows they vanish.”
[3:11] 59 tn Heb “at the brightness of the lightning of your spear.”
[3:13] 60 tn Heb “anointed one.” In light of the parallelism with “your people” in the preceding line this could refer to Israel, but elsewhere the Lord’s anointed one is always an individual. The Davidic king is the more likely referent here.
[3:13] 61 tn Heb “you strike the head from the house of wickedness.”
[3:13] 62 tn Heb “laying bare [from] foundation to neck.”
[3:14] 63 tn Some take “warriors” with the following line, in which case one should translate, “you pierce [his] head with a spear; his warriors storm forward to scatter us” (cf. NIV). The meaning of the Hebrew term פְּרָזוֹ (pÿrazo), translated here “his warriors,” is uncertain.
[3:14] 64 tc Heb “his shafts.” Some emend to “your shafts.” The translation above assumes an emendation to מַטֶּה (matteh, “shaft, spear”), the vav-yod (ו-י) sequence being a corruption of an original he (ה).
[3:14] 65 tn Heb “me,” but the author speaks as a representative of God’s people.
[3:14] 66 tn Heb “their rejoicing is like devouring the poor in secret.”
[3:15] 67 tn Heb “the foaming of the mighty [or “many”] waters.”
[3:16] 68 tn Heb “my insides trembled.”
[3:16] 69 tn Heb “decay entered my bones.”
[3:16] 70 tc Heb “beneath me I shook, which….” The Hebrew term אֲשֶׁר (’asher) appears to be a relative pronoun, but a relative pronoun does not fit here. The translation assumes a reading אֲשֻׁרָי (’ashuray, “my steps”) as well as an emendation of the preceding verb to a third plural form.
[3:16] 71 tn The translation assumes that אָנוּחַ (’anuakh) is from the otherwise unattested verb נָוָח (navakh, “sigh”; see HALOT 680 s.v. II נוח; so also NEB). Most take this verb as נוּחַ (nuakh, “to rest”) and translate, “I wait patiently” (cf. NIV).
[3:16] 72 tn Heb “to come up toward.”
[3:17] 74 tn Heb “the produce of the olive disappoints.”
[3:17] 76 tn Or “are cut off.”
[3:19] 78 tn Or perhaps, “is my wall,” that is, “my protector.”
[3:19] 79 tn Heb “he makes my feet like those of deer.”
[3:19] 80 tn Heb “he makes me walk on my high places.”
[3:19] sn Difficult times are coming, but Habakkuk is confident the
[3:19] 81 tn Heb “For the leader, on my stringed instruments.”
[5:38] 82 tn Here ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) has been translated as a generic noun (“people”).
[5:38] 83 tn Or “it will be put to an end.”
[5:39] 84 tn This is expressed in a first class condition, in contrast to the condition in v. 38b, which is third class. As such, v. 39 is rhetorically presented as the more likely option.
[5:39] 85 tn According to L&N 39.32, the verb εὑρεθῆτε (Jeureqhte, an aorist passive subjunctive) may also be translated “find yourselves” – “lest you find yourselves fighting against God.” The Jewish leader Gamaliel is shown contemplating the other possible alternative about what is occurring.
[5:39] 86 tn Grk “They were convinced by him.” This passive construction was converted to an active one (“He convinced them”) in keeping with contemporary English style. The phrase “He convinced them” is traditionally placed in Acts 5:40 by most English translations; the standard Greek critical text (represented by NA27 and UBS4) places it at the end of v. 39.
[11:13] 87 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
