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Habakkuk 1:7-9
New International Version
Habakkuk 1:7-9
New International Version
7 They are a feared and dreaded people;(A)
they are a law to themselves
and promote their own honor.
8 Their horses are swifter(B) than leopards,
fiercer than wolves(C) at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
9 they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes[a] advance like a desert wind
and gather prisoners(D) like sand.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Habakkuk 1:7-9
New King James Version
Habakkuk 1:7-9
New King James Version
7 They are terrible and dreadful;
Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
8 Their horses also are (A)swifter than leopards,
And more fierce than evening wolves.
Their [a]chargers [b]charge ahead;
Their cavalry comes from afar;
They fly as the (B)eagle that hastens to eat.
9 “They all come for violence;
Their faces are set like the east wind.
They gather captives like sand.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:8 Lit. horsemen
- Habakkuk 1:8 Lit. spring about
Habakkuk 1:7-9
New American Standard Bible
Habakkuk 1:7-9
New American Standard Bible
7 They are terrifying and (A)feared;
Their (B)justice and [a]authority [b]originate with themselves.
8 Their (C)horses are faster than leopards,
And quicker than (D)wolves in the evening.
Their [c]horsemen charge along,
Their [d]horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an (E)eagle [e]swooping down to devour.
9 All of them come for violence.
[f]Their horde of (F)faces moves forward.
They gather captives like sand.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:7 Lit sovereignty
- Habakkuk 1:7 Lit proceed from
- Habakkuk 1:8 Or horses
- Habakkuk 1:8 Or horses
- Habakkuk 1:8 Lit hurrying to
- Habakkuk 1:9 Lit The totality of
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