19 Our pursuers were (A)swifter
Than the eagles of the sky;
They chased us on the mountains,
They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.

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19 Our pursuers were swifter
    than eagles(A) in the sky;
they chased us(B) over the mountains
    and lay in wait for us in the desert.(C)

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19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

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Their (A)horses are faster than leopards,
And quicker than (B)wolves in the evening.
Their [a]horsemen charge along,
Their [b]horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an (C)eagle [c]swooping down to devour.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:8 Or horses
  2. Habakkuk 1:8 Or horses
  3. Habakkuk 1:8 Lit hurrying to

Their horses are swifter(A) than leopards,
    fiercer than wolves(B) at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
    their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;

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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.

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