Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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.

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 from Teman doth come, The Holy One from mount Paran. Pause! Covered the heavens hath His majesty, And His praise hath filled the earth. 4 And the brightness is as the light, He hath rays out of His hand, And there -- the hiding of His strength. 5 Before Him goeth pestilence, And a burning flame goeth forth at His feet.


Cross References

Job 26:14

Lo, these are the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?

Exodus 13:21

and Jehovah is going before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them in the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give light to them, to go by day and by night;

Exodus 14:20

and cometh in between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and the cloud and the darkness are, and he enlighteneth the night, and the one hath not drawn near unto the other all the night.

Nehemiah 9:12

And by a pillar of cloud Thou hast led them by day, and by a pillar of fire by night, to lighten to them the way in which they go.

Psalm 104:2

Covering himself with light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,

Proverbs 18:10

A tower of strength is the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.

Isaiah 60:19-20

To thee no more is the sun for a light by day, And for brightness the moon giveth not light to thee, And Jehovah hath become to thee A light age-during, and thy God thy beauty.

Matthew 17:2

and he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments did become white as the light,

1 Timothy 6:16

who only is having immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no one of men did see, nor is able to see, to whom is honour and might age-during! Amen.

Revelation 21:23

and the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they may shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp of it is the Lamb;

Revelation 22:5

and night shall not be there, and they have no need of a lamp and light of a sun, because the Lord God doth give them light, and they shall reign -- to the ages of the ages.

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