Habakkuk 3:4
2 O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.
His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.
5 Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.
6 He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.
- KJV
- And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
- WEB
- His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.
- ASV
- And [his] brightness was as the light; He had rays [coming forth] from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.
- DARBY
- And [his] brightness was as the light; Rays [came forth] from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.
- BLB
- And [His] brightness was like the light; rays [were] unto Him from His hand, and there [was] the hiding of his power.
- ÅB
- En glans som solens lys bryter fram, stråler omgir ham, og i dem er hans makt skjult.
- OTB
- Hans stråleglans var som sollyset;
stråler blinket fra Hans hånd,
der Hans kraft var skjult. - B1930
- En glans som solens lys bryter frem, stråler omgir ham, og i dem er hans makt skjult.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 17:2
There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
Read in contextIsaiah 60:19–20
No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
Read in contextRevelation 22:5
There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
Read in contextExodus 14:20
so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.
Read in contextJob 26:14
Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
Read in contextPsalms 104:2
He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
Read in context1 Timothy 6:16
He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
Read in contextExodus 13:21
And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
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