Habakkuk 3:7
5 Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.
6 He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.
8 Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?
9 You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.
- KJV
- I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
- WEB
- I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction. The dwellings of the land of Midian trembled.
- ASV
- I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
- DARBY
- I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
- BLB
- Under affliction I have seen the tents of Cushan; the curtains of the land of Midian were trembling.
- ÅB
- Jeg ser Kusans telter i sorg, teltteppene i Midians land bever.
- OTB
- Jeg så teltene til Kusjan i nød,
og teltgardinene til Midjan skalv. - B1930
- Jeg ser Kusans telter i sorg, teltteppene i Midians land bever.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 15:14–16
The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
Read in contextGenesis 25:1–4
Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,
Read in contextNumbers 22:3–4
and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.
Read in contextPsalms 83:5–10
For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—
Read in contextGenesis 10:6–7
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Read in contextJoshua 2:10
For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.
Read in contextNumbers 31:2–12
“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
Read in contextJoshua 9:24
The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.
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