Hab 3:7 | NET2full | STEP | I saw the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble ; the tent curtains of the land of Midian were shaking .

‏ Habakkuk 3:7

7 I saw the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble; ^{▼▼tn Heb “under trouble I saw the tents of Cushan.”} ^{▼▼sn Cushan was located in southern Transjordan.}
the tent curtains of the land of Midian were ^{▼▼tn The prefixed verb form is understood as past habitual just as the imperfect functions in background clauses in narrative.} shaking. ^{▼▼tn R. D. Patterson takes תַּחַת אֲוֶן (takhat ʾaven) in the first line as a place name, “Tahath-Aven.” (Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah [WEC], 237.) In this case one may translate the verse as a tricolon: “I look at Tahath-Aven. The tents of Cushan are shaking, the tent curtains of the land of Midian.”}