Habakkuk Notes

Habakkuk 1

a 1:1 Or oracle

b 1:11 Literally spirit or wind

Habakkuk 2

a 2:5 Or Sheol

b 2:6 Syriac and Vulgate read thick clay.

c 2:7 Literally those who bite you

d 2:13 Literally for what satisfies fire, that is, for what is of no lasting value

e 2:15 Literally Attaching or Joining

f 2:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint read And reel!; Syriac and Vulgate read And fall fast asleep!

Habakkuk 3

a 3:1 Exact meaning unknown

b 3:9 Literally rods or tribes (compare verse 14)

c 3:19 Hebrew YHWH Adonai