KJV King James Version
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: [and] the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.
WEB World English Bible
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction. The dwellings of the land of Midian trembled.
ASV American Standard Version
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Under sorrow I have seen tents of Cushan, Tremble do curtains of the land of Midian.
Surrounding context — Habakkuk 3
4 And [his] brightness was as the light; he had horns [coming] out of his hand: and there [was] the hiding of his power.
5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways [are] everlasting.
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: [and] the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? [was] thine anger against the rivers? [was] thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses [and] thy chariots of salvation?
9 Thy bow was made quite naked, [according] to the oaths of the tribes, [even thy] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
10 The mountains saw thee, [and] they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, [and] lifted up his hands on high.
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Exodus 15:14-16The people shall hear, [and] be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.Psalm 83:5-10For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:Numbers 31:2-12Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.Numbers 22:3-4And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they [were] many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.Joshua 9:24And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.Genesis 25:1-4Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name [was] Keturah.Genesis 10:6-7And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.Judges 7:24-25And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.Joshua 2:10For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that [were] on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
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