Habakkuk 3:14
Habakkuk 3:14 — The New International Version (NIV)
14 With his own spear you pierced his head
when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,
gloating as though about to devour
the wretched who were in hiding.
Habakkuk 3:14 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages:
They came out as a whirlwind to scatter me:
Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
Habakkuk 3:14 — New Living Translation (NLT)
14 With his own weapons,
you destroyed the chief of those
who rushed out like a whirlwind,
thinking Israel would be easy prey.
Habakkuk 3:14 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
14 You thrust through with his own arrows
The head of his villages.
They came out like a whirlwind to scatter me;
Their rejoicing was like feasting on the poor in secret.
Habakkuk 3:14 — New Century Version (NCV)
14 With the enemy’s own spear you stabbed the leader of his army.
His soldiers rushed out like a storm to scatter us.
They were happy
as they were robbing the poor people in secret.
Habakkuk 3:14 — American Standard Version (ASV)
14 Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors:
They came as a whirlwind to scatter me;
Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
Habakkuk 3:14 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
14 Thou didst strike through with his own spears the head of his leaders: They came out as a whirlwind to scatter me, Whose exulting was as to devour the afflicted secretly.
Habakkuk 3:14 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
14 You pierce the leader of his gang with his own arrows.
His soldiers come like a violent storm to scatter me.
They are arrogant like those who secretly eat up the poor.
Habakkuk 3:14 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
14 You pierce his head
with his own spears;
his warriors storm out to scatter us,
gloating as if ready to secretly devour the weak.
Habakkuk 3:14 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
14 You pierced with their own arrows the head of his warriors,
who came like a whirlwind to scatter us,
gloating as if ready to devour the poor who were in hiding.
Habakkuk 3:14 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
14 You pierced the head of his warriors with his own arrows;
they came like a whirlwind to scatter me,
their exultation like one who devours the afflicted in ambush.
Habakkuk 3:14 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
14 His soldiers rushed out to scatter us.
They were laughing at us.
They thought they would easily destroy us.
They saw us as weak people who were trying to hide.
So you wounded Pharaoh’s head with his own spear.
Habakkuk 3:14 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
14 You pierced with his own spears
The head of his throngs.
They stormed in to scatter us;
Their exultation was like those
Who devour the oppressed in secret.