Habakkuk 3:7

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“I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.”

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BSBPD

“I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Under sorrow I have seen tents of Cushan, Tremble do curtains of the land of Midian.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Habakkuk 3:7 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 10:6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
  2. Genesis 25:1Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,
  3. Exodus 2:15When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
  4. Exodus 15:14The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
  5. Numbers 22:3and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.
  6. Numbers 31:2“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
  7. Joshua 2:10For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.
  8. Joshua 9:24The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.
  9. Judges 7:24Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.
  10. Psalms 83:5For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—

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