Berean Standard Bible
“He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.”
Habakkuk's prayer in chapter 3 recalls God's mighty acts in the past, picturing him coming from Teman in a storm theophany. The imagery draws on the exodus and Sinai.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
World English Bible (WEB)
He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.
King James Version (KJV)
He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
American Standard Version (ASV)
He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were [as] of old.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
From his high place he sent shaking on the earth; he saw and nations were suddenly moved: and the eternal mountains were broken, the unchanging hills were bent down; his ways are eternal.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Paróse, y midió la tierra: miró, é hizo temblar las gentes; y los montes antiguos fueron desmenuzados, los collados antiguos se humillaron á él. Sus caminos son eternos.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Si se detiene, entonces la tierra tiembla; lanza una mirada a las naciones, y estas se espantan. Ante él se desmoronan las viejas montañas y los cerros antiguos se derrumban. ¡Su poder es el mismo de siempre!
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