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Habakkuk 3:7

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

KJV

Pro iniquitate vidi tentoria Æthiopiæ ; turbabuntur pelles terræ Madian.

Vulgate

ἀντὶ κόπων εἶδον σκηνώματα Αἰθιόπων· πτοηθήσονται καὶ αἱ σκηναὶ γῆς Μαδιάμ.

LXX

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

ASV

תַּ֣חַת אָ֔וֶן רָאִ֖יתִי אָהֳלֵ֣י כוּשָׁ֑ן יִרְגְּז֕וּ/ן יְרִיע֖וֹת אֶ֥רֶץ מִדְיָֽן

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Midian

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אָֽוֶן
'vn
noun · 78×
אֹ֣הֶל
'hl
noun · 344×
ו
v
noun · 505×
יְרִיעָ֣ה
yry'h
noun · 54×
יִרְגַּ֖ז
yrgz
verb · 41×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
כוּשָׁ֑ן
kvshn
proper_noun · 1×
מִדְיָ֖ן
mdyn
proper_noun · 59×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 15:14 — The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
  • Jer 49:29 — Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
  • Judg 3:8 — Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.