Habakkuk 1:9

The LORD’s Answer

8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour. 9All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand. 10They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.

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Berean Standard Bible
All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.
American Standard Version (1901)
They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.
Bible in Basic English
They are coming all of them with force; the direction of their faces is forward, the number of their prisoners is like the sands of the sea.
Douay-Rheims 1899
They shall all come to the prey, their face is like a burning wind: and they shall gather together captives as the sand.
Free Bible Version
Here they come, all intent on violence. Their armies advance in frontal assault as rapidly as the desert wind, capturing so many prisoners they are like sand.
Geneva Bible 1599
They come all to spoyle: before their faces shalbe an Eastwinde, and they shall gather the captiuitie, as the sand.
King James (Authorized) Version
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
Translation for Translators
As they ride along, they are determined to act violently. They advance like [SIM] a wind from the desert, gathering prisoners that are as numerous as grains of sand.
Unlocked Literal Bible
They all come for violence; their multitudes go like the desert wind, and they gather captives like sand.
Noah Webster Bible
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
World English Bible
All of them come for violence. Their hordes face forward. They gather prisoners like sand.
Young's Literal Translation
Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity.