King James Version

Habakkuk 3:12

Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.

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בְּזַ֖עַםbezaamin angryזַעַםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in angry”, the ordinary formH2195strictly froth at the mouth, i.e. (figuratively) fury (especially of God's displeasure with sin)angry, indignation, rage.תִּצְעַדtitsadmarchצָעַדverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “march”, an unfinished actionH6805to pace, i.e. step regularly; (upward) to mount; (along) to march; (down and causatively) to hurlbring, go, march (through), run over.אָ֑רֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.בְּאַ֖ףbeafin faceאַףpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in face”, the ordinary formH639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ireanger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.תָּד֥וּשׁtadushthreshדּוּשׁverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “thresh”, an unfinished actionH1758to trample or threshbreak, tear, thresh, tread out (down), at grass (Jeremiah 50:11, by mistake for H1877 (דֶּשֶׁא)).גּוֹיִֽםgoyimGentileגּוֹיnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou marchest through the earth in indignation, Thou threshest the nations in anger.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou didst march through the land in indignation; Thou didst thresh the nations in anger.

Young’s Literal Translation

In indignation Thou dost tread earth, In anger Thou dost thresh nations.

World English Bible

You marched through the land in wrath. You threshed the nations in anger.

Darby Translation

Thou didst march through the land in indignation, Thou didst thresh the nations in anger.

Douay-Rheims

In thy anger thou wilt tread the earth under foot: in thy wrath thou wilt astonish the nations.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou marchest through the earth in indignation, Thou threshest the nations in anger.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou wilt bring low the land with threatening, and in wrath thou wilt break down the nations.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐν ἀπειλῇ ὀλιγώσεις γῆν, καὶ ἐν θυμῷ κατάξεις ἔθνη,