Habakkuk 3:5
3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.
4 His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.
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.
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.
- KJV
- Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
- WEB
- Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet.
- ASV
- Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.
- DARBY
- Before him went the pestilence, And a burning flame went forth at his feet.
- BLB
- Before His face went pestilence, and plague came forth at His feet.
- ÅB
- Pest går fram for hans åsyn, og sott følger hans fottrinn.
- OTB
- Plage gikk foran Ham,
og pest fulgte Hans skritt. - B1930
- Pest går frem for hans åsyn, og sott følger hans fottrin.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 12:29–30
Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.
Read in contextNahum 1:2–3
The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
Read in contextNumbers 16:46–49
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
Read in contextNumbers 14:12
I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”
Read in contextPsalms 78:50–51
He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.
Read in contextPsalms 18:7–13
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:24
They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.
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