InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
Hab 3 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19
OET-LV Sun moon it_has_stood_still lofty_residence_(to)_a to_light_of arrows_of_your they_go to_brightness_of the_lightning_flash_of your_spear_of_your.
OET (OET-RV) The sun and moon have stopped in their places
⇔ with the light from your arrows as they fly by,
⇔ yes, with the gleam of your flashing spear.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ יָרֵ֖חַ עָ֣מַד
(Some words not found in UHB: sun moon stood lofty_residence,(to)_a to,light_of arrows_of,your flying to,brightness_of flashing_of your_spear_of,your )
Habakkuk is speaking of the sun and moon as if they were living things that could have stood still. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [The sun and moon became stationary]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לְא֤וֹר חִצֶּ֨יךָ֙ יְהַלֵּ֔כוּ לְנֹ֖גַהּ בְּרַ֥ק חֲנִיתֶֽךָ
to,light_of (Some words not found in UHB: sun moon stood lofty_residence,(to)_a to,light_of arrows_of,your flying to,brightness_of flashing_of your_spear_of,your )
Here Habakkuk is speaking of lightning as if it were arrows and a spear that God uses as weapons. If this image communicates well in your language, please use it. If not, you could express this as a comparison. Alternate translation: [at the flash of your lightning bolts as they streaked, at the gleam of your flashing lightning]
OET-LV Sun moon it_has_stood_still lofty_residence_(to)_a to_light_of arrows_of_your they_go to_brightness_of the_lightning_flash_of your_spear_of_your.
OET (OET-RV) The sun and moon have stopped in their places
⇔ with the light from your arrows as they fly by,
⇔ yes, with the gleam of your flashing spear.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.