Habakkuk 3:11 (YLT)

Passage

Sun--moon--hath stood--a habitation, At the light thine arrows go on, At the brightness, the glittering of thy spear.

Nearby Context

Habakkuk 3:9 Utterly naked Thou dost make Thy bow, Sworn are the tribes--saying, `Pause!' <FI>With<Fi> rivers Thou dost cleave the earth.

Habakkuk 3:10 Seen thee--pained are mountains, An inundation of waters hath passed over, Given forth hath the deep its voice, High its hands it hath lifted up.

Habakkuk 3:11 Sun--moon--hath stood--a habitation, At the light thine arrows go on, At the brightness, the glittering of thy spear.

Habakkuk 3:12 In indignation Thou dost tread earth, In anger Thou dost thresh nations.

Habakkuk 3:13 Thou hast gone forth for the salvation of Thy people, For salvation with Thine anointed, Thou hast smitten the head of the house of the wicked, Laying bare the foundation unto the neck. Pause!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "sun--moon--hath", "stood--a", "habitation", "thine", "arrows", "brightness", and "glittering". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "sun--moon--hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Seen thee--pained are mountains An inundation of..." into verse 12's "In indignation Thou dost tread earth In...", so "light" and "sun--moon--hath" belong inside that flow. In Habakkuk context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "light" and "sun--moon--hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.