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Habakkuk 3:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 16 I heard and I trembled within;*
  At the sound my lips quivered.
  
  Rottenness entered my bones;+
  My legs beneath me were shaking.
  
  But I quietly wait for the day of distress,+
  For it is coming upon the people who attack us.

Habakkuk 3:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 16 I heard, and my belly began to be agitated; at the sound my lips quivered; rottenness began to enter into my bones;+ and in my situation I was agitated, that I should quietly wait for* the day of distress,+ for [his] coming up to the people,+ [that] he may raid them.

Habakkuk 3:16

The Bible in Living English
- 16 *** I heard, and my body quivered,
  my lips purred aloud;
  Decay comes into my bones,
  my insteps quiver under me,
  I moan at a day of distress
  to come for a nation that raids us.

Habakkuk 3:16

American Standard Version
- 16 I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entereth into my bones, and I tremble in my place; Because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, For the coming up of the people that invadeth us.

Habakkuk 3:16

The Emphasized Bible
- 16 I heard and I trembled within me At the voice my lips quivered, Decay entered my bones And in my limbs I trembled,—Though I am to find rest in the day of distress, When their invader cometh up against the people

Habakkuk 3:16

King James Version
- 16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

Habakkuk

Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
- 3:16 w73 747, 757-758; nh 263; w40 133; w35 202, 303