Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

His radiance is like the sunlight;
He has rays flashing from His hand,
And there is the hiding of His power.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

His brilliance is like light;
rays are flashing from His hand.
This is where His power is hidden.

International Standard Version

His radiance is like sunlight; beams of light shine from his hand, where his strength lays hidden.

A Conservative Version

And [his] brightness was as the light. He had rays from his hand, and there was the hiding of his power.

American Standard Version

And his brightness was as the light; He had rays coming forth from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.

Amplified


His brightness is like the sunlight;
He has [bright] rays flashing from His hand,
And there [in the sunlike splendor] is the hiding place of His power.

Bible in Basic English

He was shining like the light; he had rays coming out from his hand: there his power was kept secret.

Darby Translation

And his brightness was as the light; Rays came forth from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.

Julia Smith Translation

And the brightness will be as the light; horns to him from his hand; and he set the hiding of his strength.

King James 2000

And his brightness was as the light; he had rays flashing out of his hand: and there was his power hidden.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And his brightness was like [the] light; flashing rays [came] from his hand for him; And there [is] the covering of his strength.

Modern King James verseion

And His brightness is as the light; rays from His hand are His, and there was a hiding of His strength.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

His glory covereth the heavens, and the earth is full of his praise. His shine is as the sun, and beams of light go out of his hands; there is his power hid.

NET Bible

He is as bright as lightning; a two-pronged lightning bolt flashes from his hand. This is the outward display of his power.

New Heart English Bible

His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.

The Emphasized Bible

And, a brightness, as light, appeareth, Rays, out of his hand, hath he, - and, there, is the hiding of his power.

Webster

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

World English Bible

His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the brightness is as the light, He hath rays out of His hand, And there -- the hiding of His strength.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נגהּ 
Nogahh 
Usage: 19

was as the light
אור 
'owr 
Usage: 122

he had horns
קרן 
Qeren 
Usage: 76

יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

and there was the hiding
חביון 
Chebyown 
Usage: 1

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Habakkuk 3:4

References

Fausets

Watsons

Images Habakkuk 3:4

Context Readings

The Prayer Of Habakkuk

3 God comes from Teman,
And the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah.
His splendor covers the heavens,
And the earth is full of His praise.
4 His radiance is like the sunlight;
He has rays flashing from His hand,
And there is the hiding of His power.
5 Before Him goes pestilence,
And plague comes after Him.

Cross References

Job 26:14

“Behold, these are the fringes of His ways;
And how faint a word we hear of Him!
But His mighty thunder, who can understand?”

Exodus 13:21

The Lord was going before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead them on the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.

Exodus 14:20

So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Thus the one did not come near the other all night.

Nehemiah 9:12

“And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day,
And with a pillar of fire by night
To light for them the way
In which they were to go.

Psalm 104:2

Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak,
Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.

Proverbs 18:10

The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
The righteous runs into it and is safe.

Isaiah 60:19-20

“No longer will you have the sun for light by day,
Nor for brightness will the moon give you light;
But you will have the Lord for an everlasting light,
And your God for your glory.

Matthew 17:2

And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light.

1 Timothy 6:16

who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

Revelation 21:23

And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Revelation 22:5

And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever.

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