Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
with his own spears;
his warriors storm out to scatter us,
gloating as if ready to secretly devour the weak.
New American Standard Bible
The head of his
They
Their exultation was like those
Who
King James Version
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.
International Standard Version
With his own lances you pierced the heads of his warriors, who came out like a windstorm to scatter us their joy is to devour the afflicted who are in hiding.
A Conservative Version
Thou pierced with his own staves the head of his warriors. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me. Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor man secretly.
American Standard Version
Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors: They came as a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
Amplified
With the enemy’s own spears, You pierced
The head of his hordes.
They stormed out to scatter us,
Rejoicing like those
Who secretly devour the oppressed [of Israel].
Bible in Basic English
You have put your spears through his head, his horsemen were sent in flight like dry stems; they had joy in driving away the poor, in making a meal of them secretly.
Darby Translation
Thou didst strike through with his own spears the head of his leaders: They came out as a whirlwind to scatter me, Whose exulting was as to devour the afflicted secretly.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou didst pierce with rods the head of the leader: they will rush on as a tempest to scatter me their exultation as to devour the poor in secret
King James 2000
You did thrust through with his own arrows the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was like devouring the poor secretly.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You pierced the head of his warriors with his own arrows; they came like a whirlwind to scatter me, their exultation like [one who] devours the afflicted in ambush.
Modern King James verseion
You pierced the head of his warriors with his shafts; they storm out to scatter me; their rejoicing is to devour the meek in a secret place.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou didst strike through with his scepter, the heads of his plan people: which come as a stormy wind to scatter me abroad, and are glad when they may eat up the poor secretly.
NET Bible
You pierce the heads of his warriors with a spear. They storm forward to scatter us; they shout with joy as if they were plundering the poor with no opposition.
New Heart English Bible
You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me, gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou hast pierced, with his own staves, the head of his chiefs, they storm along, to scatter me, - their exultant thought, is, in very deed, to devour the oppressed one, in a secret place!
Webster
Thou didst strike through with his staffs the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
World English Bible
You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me, gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou hast pierced with his staves the head of his leaders, They are tempestuous to scatter me, Their exultation is as to consume the poor in secret.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Habakkuk 3:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Prayer Of Habakkuk
13
to save Your anointed.
You crush the leader of the house of the wicked
and strip him from foot
with his own spears;
his warriors storm out to scatter us,
gloating as if ready to secretly devour the weak.
stirring up the great waters.
Cross References
Psalm 10:8
he kills the innocent in secret places.
His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;
Daniel 11:40
“At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm against him
Zechariah 9:14
and His arrow will fly like lightning.
The Lord God will sound the trumpet
and advance with the southern storms.
Exodus 1:10-16
Let us deal shrewdly with them; otherwise they will multiply further, and if war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
Exodus 1:22
Pharaoh then commanded all his people: “You must throw every son born to the Hebrews
Exodus 11:4-7
So Moses said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,
Exodus 12:12-13
“I will pass through
Exodus 12:29-30
Now at midnight the Lord struck every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon, and every firstborn of the livestock.
Exodus 14:5-9
When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about the people and said: “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”
Exodus 14:17-18
I am going to harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them, and I will receive glory by means of Pharaoh, all his army, and his chariots and horsemen.
Exodus 15:9-10
“I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil.
My desire will be gratified at their expense.
I will draw my sword;
my hand will destroy
Judges 7:22
When Gideon’s men blew their 300 trumpets, the Lord set the swords of each man in the army against each other. They fled to Beth-shittah in the direction of Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah
Psalm 64:2-7
from the mob of evildoers,
Psalm 78:50-51
He did not spare them from death
but delivered their lives to the plague.
Psalm 83:2
those who hate You have acted arrogantly.
Psalm 83:8-11
they lend support
Psalm 118:10-12
in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.
Acts 4:27-28
“For, in fact, in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people