Bible in Basic English
"At the light of your arrows they went away, at the shining of your polished spear."
— Habakkuk 3:11, Bible in Basic English
“The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.”
“The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows as they went, At the shining of thy glittering spear. ”
“The sun and moon stood still in the sky, at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear.”
“The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear.”
“The sun and the moon stood still in their habitation, in the light of thy arrows, they shall go in the brightness of thy glittering spear.”
“The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.”
Was your wrath burning against the rivers? were you angry with the sea, that you went on your horses, on your war-carriages of salvation?
Your bow was quite uncovered. Selah. By you the earth was cut through with rivers.
The mountains saw you and were moved with fear; the clouds were streaming with water: the voice of the deep was sounding; the sun did not come up, and the moon kept still in her place.
At the light of your arrows they went away, at the shining of your polished spear.
You went stepping through the land in wrath, crushing the nations in your passion.
You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of the one on whom your holy oil was put; wounding the head of the family of the evil-doer, uncovering the base even to the neck. Selah.
You have put your spears through his head, his horsemen were sent in flight like dry stems; they had joy in driving away the poor, in making a meal of them secretly.