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Habakkuk 3

Hab. 3:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I saw
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
the tents
'ohel (Hebrew #168)
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
KJV usage: covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: o'-hel
Origin: from 166
of ζCushan
Kuwshan (Hebrew #3572)
Cushan, a region of Arabia
KJV usage: Cushan.
Pronounce: koo-shawn'
Origin: perhaps from 3568
ηin affliction
'aven (Hebrew #205)
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain ,vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
Pronounce: aw-ven'
Origin: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught)
: and the curtains
yriy`ah (Hebrew #3407)
a hanging (as tremulous)
KJV usage: curtain.
Pronounce: yer-ee-aw'
Origin: from 3415
of the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of Midian
Midyan (Hebrew #4080)
Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
KJV usage: Midian, Midianite.
Pronounce: mid-yawn'
Origin: the same as 4079
did tremble
ragaz (Hebrew #7264)
to quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear)
KJV usage: be afraid, stand in awe, disquiet, fall out, fret, move, provoke, quake, rage, shake, tremble, trouble, be wroth.
Pronounce: raw-gaz'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ethiopia.
η
or, under affliction, or, vanity.

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Cushan,
Midian; Midianites,
Tent

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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saw the.
Ex. 15:14‑16• 14The peoples heard it, they were afraid: A thrill seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
 15Then the princes of Edom were amazed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling hath seized them; All the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.
 16Fear and dread fall upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased. (Ex. 15:14‑16)
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Num. 22:3‑4• 3And Moab was much afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
 4And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this company lick up all that is round about us, as an ox licks up the green herb of the field. Now Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time. (Num. 22:3‑4)
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Josh. 2:10• 10For we have heard that Jehovah dried up the waters of the Red sea before you when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. (Josh. 2:10)
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Josh. 9:24• 24And they answered Joshua and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants how that Jehovah thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; and we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and did this thing. (Josh. 9:24)
Cushan.
or, Ethiopia.
Gen. 10:6‑7• 6And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
 7And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. (Gen. 10:6‑7)
in affliction.
or, under affliction, or vanity.
Midian.
Gen. 25:1‑4• 1And Abraham took another wife named Keturah.
 2And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
 3And Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan; and the sons of Dedan were the Asshurim, and the Letushim, and the Leummim.
 4And the sons of Midian were Ephah, and Epher, and Enoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were sons of Keturah. (Gen. 25:1‑4)
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Num. 31:2‑12• 2Avenge the children of Israel upon the Midianites; afterwards shalt thou be gathered unto thy peoples.
 3And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm from amongst you men for military service, that they go against Midian to execute Jehovah's vengeance upon Midian.
 4Of every tribe a thousand, of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
 5And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand by tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
 6And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand by the tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, and the holy instruments, even the alarm-trumpets in his hand.
 7And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah had commanded Moses, and slew all the males.
 8And they slew the kings of Midian, besides the others slain, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and Balaam the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
 9And the children of Israel took the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took for a spoil all their cattle and all their flocks and all their goods;
 10and all their cities in their settlements and all their encampments they burned with fire.
 11And they took all the booty, and all the prey, of man and of cattle;
 12and they brought to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the assembly of the children of Israel, the captives and the prey and the booty, to the camp in the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan of Jericho. (Num. 31:2‑12)
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Psa. 83:5‑10• 5For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.
 6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites;
 7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre;
 8Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah.
 9Do unto them as to Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon:
 10Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground. (Psa. 83:5‑10)
• {v.7-13} Nevertheless God occupies Himself with that which men may despise. He takes notice of the little; and this just because He is infinitely great. Those who merely aspire after a greatness which they do not possess are afraid of demeaning themselves by noticing that which is small. Not so where there is real greatness. Israel were His object, not the rivers or the sea. He sought and would save His people. (“Habakkuk 3” by W. Kelly)
• {v.7-12} All the powers of nature—the rivers, the mountains, the sun and moon, were of no avail to stay the work of the Lord in judgment when He marched through the land in indignation, to thresh the nations in anger. (“Habakkuk” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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