Habakkuk 1:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Their 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.

Young's Literal Translation
Swifter than leopards have been its horses, And sharper than evening wolves, And increased have its horsemen, Even its horsemen from afar come in, They fly as an eagle, hasting to consume.

King James Bible
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle [that] hasteth to eat.

Hebrew
Their horses
סוּסָ֗יו (sū·sāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5483: A swallow, swift (type of bird)

are swifter
וְקַלּ֨וּ (wə·qal·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling

than leopards,
מִנְּמֵרִ֜ים (min·nə·mê·rîm)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5246: A leopard

fiercer
וְחַדּוּ֙ (wə·ḥad·dū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2300: To be, sharp, severe

than wolves
מִזְּאֵ֣בֵי (miz·zə·’ê·ḇê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2061: A wolf

of the night.
עֶ֔רֶב (‘e·reḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6153: Evening

Their horsemen
פָּֽרָשָׁ֑יו (pā·rā·šāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6571: A steed, a driver, cavalry

charge ahead,
וּפָ֖שׁוּ (ū·p̄ā·šū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6335: Probably to spring about

and their cavalry
וּפָֽרָשָׁיו֙ (ū·p̄ā·rā·šāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6571: A steed, a driver, cavalry

comes
יָבֹ֔אוּ (yā·ḇō·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

from afar.
מֵרָח֣וֹק (mê·rā·ḥō·wq)
Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7350: Remote, of place, time, precious

They fly
יָעֻ֕פוּ (yā·‘u·p̄ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5774: To fly, to faint

like a vulture,
כְּנֶ֖שֶׁר (kə·ne·šer)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5404: The eagle

swooping down
חָ֥שׁ (ḥāš)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2363: To hurry, to be eager with excitement, enjoyment

to devour.
לֶאֱכֽוֹל׃ (le·’ĕ·ḵō·wl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 398: To eat

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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