King James Version

Habakkuk 3:15

Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.

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דָּרַ֥כְתָּdarakhtatreadדָּרַךְverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “tread”, a completed actionH1869to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.בַיָּ֖םvayamin seaיָםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).סוּסֶ֑יךָsuseykhahorse . Compare H6571סוּסnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “horse . Compare H6571”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5483a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)crane, horse (-back, -hoof). Compare H6571 (פָּרָשׁ).חֹ֖מֶרchomerclayחֹמֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “clay”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2563properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measureclay, heap, homer, mire, motion.מַ֥יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).רַבִּֽיםrabimaboundרַבadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary formH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou hast trodden the sea with Thy horses, the foaming of mighty waters.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou hast proceeded through the sea with Thy horses — the clay of many waters.

World English Bible

You trampled the sea with your horses, churning mighty waters.

Darby Translation

Thou didst walk through the sea with thy horses, The heap of great waters.

Douay-Rheims

Thou madest a way in the sea for thy horses, in the mud of many waters.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou hast trodden the sea with Thy horses, the foaming of mighty waters.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou dost cause thine horses to enter the sea, disturbing much water.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπιβιβᾷς εἰς θάλασσαν τοὺς ἵππους σου, ταράσσοντας ὕδωρ πολύ.