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Habakkuk 3:5

God's power and sovereignty

3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.

Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.

6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.

7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

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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.

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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

    And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

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  • Nahum 1:2–3

    God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

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  • Numbers 16:46–49

    And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.

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  • Numbers 14:12

    I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

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  • Psalms 78:50–51

    He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

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  • Psalms 18:7–13

    Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:24

    They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

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