Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
He was shining like the light; he had rays coming out from his hand: there his power was kept secret.
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.
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.
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
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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. The heavens were covered with his glory, and the earth was full of his praise. 4 He was shining like the light; he had rays coming out from his hand: there his power was kept secret. 5 Before him went disease, and flames went out at his feet.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 26:14
See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
Exodus 13:21
And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, guiding them on their way; and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light: so that they were able to go on day and night:
Exodus 14:20
And it came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel; and there was a dark cloud between them, and they went on through the night; but the one army came no nearer to the other all the night.
Nehemiah 9:12
And you went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way they were to go.
Psalm 104:2
You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain:
Proverbs 18:10
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the upright man running into it is safe.
Isaiah 60:19-20
The sun will not be your light by day, and the moon will no longer be bright for you by night: but the Lord will be to you an eternal light, and your God your glory.
Matthew 17:2
And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light.
1 Timothy 6:16
Who only has life for ever, living in light to which no man may come near; whom no man has seen or is able to see: to whom be honour and power for ever. So be it.
Revelation 21:23
And the town has no need of the sun, or of the moon, to give it light: for the glory of God did make it light, and the light of it is the Lamb.
Revelation 22:5
And there will be no more night; and they have no need of a light or of the shining of the sun; for the Lord God will give them light: and they will be ruling for ever and ever.