Habakkuk 3:7
Good News Translation
I saw the people of Cushan afraid and the people of Midian tremble.

New Revised Standard Version
I saw the tents of Cushan under affliction; the tent-curtains of the land of Midian trembled.

Contemporary English Version
The tents of desert tribes in Cushan and Midian were ripped apart.

New American Bible
The tents of Cushan trembled, the pavilions of the land of Midian.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I saw the tents of Ethiopia for their iniquity, the curtains of the land of Madian shall be troubled.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I saw the tents of Ethiopia for their iniquity, the curtains of the land of Madian shall be troubled.

saw the.

Exodus 15:14-16 Nations rose up, and were angry: sorrows took hold on the inhabitants of Philisthiim. . . .

Numbers 22:3,4 And that the Moabites were in great fear of him, and were not able to sustain his assault, . . .

Joshua 2:10 We have heard that the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea, at your going in, when you came out of Egypt: and what things you did to the two kings of the Amorrhites, that were beyond the Jordan, Sehon and Og whom you slew.

Joshua 9:24 They answered: It was told us, thy servants, that the Lord thy God had promised his servant Moses, to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants thereof. Therefore we feared exceedingly and provided for our lives, compelled by the dread we had of you, and we took this counsel.

Cushan.

Genesis 10:6,7 And the Sons of Cham: Chus, and Mesram, and Phuth, and Chanaan. . . .

in affliction.

Genesis 25:1-4 And Abraham married another wife named Cetura: . . .

Numbers 31:2-12 Revenge first the children of Israel on the Madianites, and so thou shalt be gathered to thy people. . . .

Psalm 83:5-10 For they have contrived with one consent: they have made a covenant together against thee, . . .

Context
Habakkuk's Prayer
6He stood and measured the earth. He beheld, and melted the nations: and the ancient mountains were crushed to pieces. The hills of the world were bowed down by the journeys of his eternity. 7I saw the tents of Ethiopia for their iniquity, the curtains of the land of Madian shall be troubled.8Wast thou angry, O Lord, with the rivers? or was thy wrath upon the rivers? or thy indignation in the sea? Who will ride upon thy horses: and thy chariots are salvation.…
Cross References
Exodus 15:14
Nations rose up, and were angry: sorrows took hold on the inhabitants of Philisthiim.

Numbers 31:7
And when they had fought against the Madianites and had overcome them, they slew all the men.

Numbers 31:8
And their kings Evi, and Recem, and Sur, and Hur, and Rebe, five princes of the nation: Balaam also the son of Beor they killed with the sword.

Judges 7:24
And Gedeon sent messengers into all Mount Ephraim, saying: Come down to meet Madian, and take the waters before them to Bethbera and the Jordan. And all Ephraim shouted, and took the waters before them and the Jordan as far as Bethbera.

Judges 7:25
And having taken two men of Madian, Oreb and Zeb: Oreb they slew in the rock of Oreb, and Zeb in the winepress of Zeb. And they pursued Madian, carrying the heads of Oreb and Zeb to Gedeon, beyond the waters of the Jordan.

Judges 8:12
And Zebee and Salmana fled, and Gedeon pursued and took them, all their host being put in confusion.

Jeremiah 49:29
They shall take their tents, and their flocks: and shall carry off for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels: and they shall call fear upon them round about.

Habakkuk 3:6
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