Habakkuk 3:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Habakkuk 3:7

5 Before Him went pestilence,
And fever followed at His feet.

6 He stood and measured the earth;
He looked and startled the nations.
^aAnd the everlasting mountains were scattered,
The perpetual hills bowed.
His ways are everlasting.

7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction;
The curtains of the land of Midian trembled.

8 O Lord, were You displeased with the rivers,
Was Your anger against the rivers,
Was Your wrath against the sea,
That You rode on Your horses,
Your chariots of salvation?

9 Your bow was made quite ready;
Oaths were sworn over Your¹ arrows. Selah
You divided the earth with rivers.

10 The mountains saw You and trembled;
The overflowing of the water passed by.
The deep uttered its voice,
And ^alifted its hands on high.

11 The ^asun and moon stood still in their habitation;
At the light of Your arrows they went,
At the shining of Your glittering spear.

12 You¹ marched through the land in indignation;
You trampled the nations in anger.

13 You went forth for the salvation of Your people,
For salvation with Your Anointed.
You struck the head from the house of the wicked,
By laying bare from foundation to neck. Selah

14 You thrust through with his own arrows
The head of his villages.
They came out like a whirlwind to scatter me;
Their rejoicing was like feasting on the poor in secret.

15 ^aYou walked through the sea with Your horses,
Through the heap of great waters.

16 When I heard, ^amy body trembled;
My lips quivered at the voice;
Rottenness entered my bones;
And I trembled in myself,
That I might rest in the day of trouble.
When he comes up to the people,
He will invade them with his troops.

A Hymn of Faith

17 Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls—

Verse Comparison: Habakkuk 3:7

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American Standard Version
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

Amplified® Bible
I [Habakkuk, in vision] saw the tents of Cushan [probably Ethiopia] in affliction; the [tent] curtains of the land of Midian trembled.

Contemporary English Version
The tents of desert tribes in Cushan and Midian were ripped apart.

Darby English Version
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

Good News Bible
I saw the people of Cushan afraid and the people of Midian tremble.

King James Version
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

New American Standard Bible
I saw the tents of Cushan under distress, The tent curtains of the land of Midian were trembling.

New International Version
I saw the tents of Cushan in distress,
the dwellings of Midian in anguish.

New King James Version
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction;
The curtains of the land of Midian trembled.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
I saw the tents of Cushan under distress,The tent curtains of the land of Midian trembled.

Revised Standard Version
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; the curtains of the land of Mid'ian did tremble.

Young's Literal Translation
Under sorrow I have seen tents of Cushan, Tremble do curtains of the land of Midian.

New English Translation
I see the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble;¹ the tent curtains of the land of Midian are shaking.²

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