InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
Hab 1 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17
OET-LV And_they_are_swift more_than_leopards horses_of_its and_they_are_keen more_than_wolves_of the_evening and_ warhorses_of_its _they_paw_the_ground and_horsemen_of_its from_a_distance they_come they_fly like_an_eagle which_makes_haste to_devour.
OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Their horses are faster than leopards
⇔ and more menacing than the wolves in the evening.
⇔ So their horsemen arrive from a great distance, then come charging—
⇔ they fly like an eagle that’s swift to devour.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
וּפָ֖שׁוּ פָּֽרָשָׁ֑יו וּפָֽרָשָׁיו֙ מֵרָח֣וֹק יָבֹ֔אוּ
and,they_paw_the_ground (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_are_swift more,than_leopards horses_of,its and,they_are_keen more,than_wolves_of evening and,they_paw_the_ground warhorses_of,its and,horsemen_of,its from,a_distance they_went fly like,an_eagle swift to,devour )
See how your translation team has decided to represent pairs of clauses in Hebrew poetry that mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: [And his horsemen advance rapidly from far away]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
יָעֻ֕פוּ כְּנֶ֖שֶׁר חָ֥שׁ לֶאֱכֽוֹל
fly (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_are_swift more,than_leopards horses_of,its and,they_are_keen more,than_wolves_of evening and,they_paw_the_ground warhorses_of,its and,horsemen_of,its from,a_distance they_went fly like,an_eagle swift to,devour )
Yahweh is comparing the Chaldean attack to an eagle rushing to devour its prey. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this comparison in another way. Alternate translation: [they attack as swiftly as an eagle diving for prey]
OET-LV And_they_are_swift more_than_leopards horses_of_its and_they_are_keen more_than_wolves_of the_evening and_ warhorses_of_its _they_paw_the_ground and_horsemen_of_its from_a_distance they_come they_fly like_an_eagle which_makes_haste to_devour.
OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Their horses are faster than leopards
⇔ and more menacing than the wolves in the evening.
⇔ So their horsemen arrive from a great distance, then come charging—
⇔ they fly like an eagle that’s swift to devour.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.