14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

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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.

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14 You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors,
    who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,
    rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.

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14 You pierced with his (A)own [a]arrows
The head of his [b]leaders.
They (B)stormed in to scatter [c]us;
Their arrogance was like those
Who (C)devour the oppressed in secret.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 3:14 Lit shafts
  2. Habakkuk 3:14 Or villagers
  3. Habakkuk 3:14 Lit me