When Pharaoh heard about this, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian, and sat down by a well.
Habakkuk 3:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I see the tents of Cushan in distress; the tent curtains of the land of Midian tremble. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: And the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I [Habakkuk, in vision] saw the tents of Cushan [probably Ethiopia] in affliction; the [tent] curtains of the land of Midian trembled. American Standard Version (1901) I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. Common English Bible I saw the tents of Cushan under duress. The curtains of the land of Midian were quaking. Catholic Public Domain Version I saw the tents of Ethiopia for their iniquity; the tent-skins of the land of Midian will be thrown into confusion. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I saw the tents of Ethiopia for their iniquity, the curtains of the land of Madian shall be troubled. |
When Pharaoh heard about this, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian, and sat down by a well.
They will take their tents and their flocks along with their tent curtains and all their equipment. They will take their camels for themselves. They will call out to them, ‘Terror is on every side! ’
For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings you completely destroyed across the Jordan.
The Gibeonites answered him, ‘It was clearly communicated to your servants that the Lord your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you. We greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.
Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued them. He captured these two kings of Midian and routed the entire army.