Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And [his] brightness was as the light. He had rays from his hand, and there was the hiding of his power.
New American Standard Bible
He has rays flashing from His hand,
And there is the hiding of His
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
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.
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.
Themes
Horns » Illustrative » Of power of God
Light, spiritual » Believers' duty performed in » God a
Midianites » Terrified at approach of israel
Topics
Interlinear
'owr
Yad
Word Count of 20 Translations in Habakkuk 3:4
Images Habakkuk 3:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Prayer Of Habakkuk
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 rays from his hand, and there was the hiding of his power. 5 Before him went the pestilence. And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 26:14
Lo, these are but the periphery of his ways. And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
Exodus 13:21
And LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night.
Exodus 14:20
And it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. And the cloud and the darkness was there, yet it gave light by night. And the one did not come near the other all the night.
Nehemiah 9:12
Moreover in a pillar of cloud thou led them by day, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.
Psalm 104:2
who covers thyself with light as with a garment, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
Proverbs 18:10
The name of LORD is a strong tower. A righteous man runs into it, and is safe.
Isaiah 60:19-20
The sun shall no more be thy light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to thee, but LORD will be to thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Matthew 17:2
And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments became white as the light.
1 Timothy 6:16
who alone has immortality, dwelling in irreproachable light, whom no man has seen, nor can see, to whom is honor and eternal dominion. Truly.
Revelation 21:23
And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, so that they might shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it, and the light of it is the Lamb.
Revelation 22:5
And there will be no night there, and they have no need of a lamp and the light of sun, because Lord God will illuminate them. And they will reign into the ages of the ages.