Habakkuk 1:8 · Clearspring

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WEBBE

Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.

BSB

Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.

KJV

Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

ASV

Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.

BBE

And their horses are quicker than leopards and their horsemen more cruel than evening wolves; they come from far away, like an eagle in flight rushing on its food.

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וְקַלּוּ ve·ka·lu and they are swift H7043 מִנְּמֵרִים mi·ne·me·rim more than leopards H5246 סוּסָיו su·sav horses its H5483 וְחַדּוּ ve·cha·du and they are keen H2300 מִזְּאֵבֵי mi·ze·'e·vei more than wolves of H2061 עֶרֶב 'e·rev [the] evening H6153 וּפָשׁוּ u·fa·shu and they paw [the] ground H6335 פָּרָשָׁיו pa·ra·shav warhorses its H6571 וּפָרָשָׁיו u·fa·ra·shav and horsemen its H6571 מֵרָחוֹק me·ra·chok from a distance H7350 יָבֹאוּ ya·vo·'u they come H935 יָעֻפוּ ya·'u·fu they fly H5774 כְּנֶשֶׁר ke·ne·sher like an eagle H5404 חָשׁ chash making haste H2363 לֶאֱכוֹל le·'e·khol to devour H398

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–11

The servants of the Lord are deeply afflicted by seeing ungodliness and violence prevail; especially among those who profess the truth. No man scrupled doing wrong to his neighbour. We should long to remove to the world where holiness and love reign for ever, and no violence shall be before us. God has good reasons for his long-suffering towards bad men, and the rebukes of good men. The day will come when the cry of sin will be heard against those that do wrong, and the cry of prayer for those that suffer wrong. They were to notice what was going forward among the heathen by the Chaldeans, and to consider themselves a nation to be scourged by them. But most men presume on continued prosperity, or that calamities will not come in their days. They are a bitter and hasty nation, fierce, cruel, and bearing down all before them. They shall overcome all that oppose them. But it is a great offence, and the common offence of proud people, to take glory to themselves. The closing words give a glimpse of comfort.

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