Habakkuk 1:17

1:17 Will he then ¹  continue to fill and empty his throw net? ² 

Will he always ³  destroy ⁴  nations and spare none? ⁵ 

Habakkuk 2:14

2:14 For recognition of the Lord’s sovereign majesty will fill the earth

just as the waters fill up the sea. ⁶ 

Habakkuk 3:7

3:7 I see the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble; ⁷ 

the tent curtains of the land of Midian are shaking. ⁸ 

¹ tn Or “therefore.”

² tn Heb “Will he then empty his throw net?” The words “continue to fill and” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

³ tn Or “continually.”

⁴ tn Heb “kill.”

⁵ tn Or “without showing compassion.”

⁶ tn Heb “for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, just as the waters cover over the sea.”

¹¹ tn Heb “under trouble I saw the tents of Cushan.”

¹² tn R. D. Patterson takes תַּחַת אֲוֶן (takhat ’aven) in the first line as a place name, “Tahath-Aven.” (Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah [WEC], 237.) In this case one may translate the verse as a tricolon: “I look at Tahath-Aven. The tents of Cushan are shaking, the tent curtains of the land of Midian.”