What Does Habakkuk 3:16 Mean?

“When I heard”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“and I trembled”

to quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear)

“my belly”

the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything

“at the voice”

a voice or sound

“quivered”

to tinkle, i.e., rattle together (as the ears in reddening with shame, or the teeth in chattering with fear)

“my lips”

the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

“entered”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“rottenness”

decay (by caries)

“into my bones”

a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame

the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc

“and I trembled”

to quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“in myself that I might rest”

to rest, i.e., settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, l

“in the day”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

“of trouble”

transitively, a female rival

“when he cometh up”

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

“unto the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“he will invade them with his troops”

to crowd upon, i.e., attack