Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Before him pestilence walks, and disease follows behind him.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
Holman Bible
and pestilence follows in His steps.
A Conservative Version
Before him went the pestilence. And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.
American Standard Version
Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.
Amplified
Before Him goes the pestilence [of judgment as in Egypt],
And [the burning] plague [of condemnation] follows at His feet [as in Sennacherib’s army].
Bible in Basic English
Before him went disease, and flames went out at his feet.
Darby Translation
Before him went the pestilence, And a burning flame went forth at his feet.
Julia Smith Translation
Before his face shall go the word, and a flame will go forth at his feet.
King James 2000
Before him went the pestilence, and burning fever went forth at his feet.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Before him went Disease, and Pestilence went out at his feet.
Modern King James verseion
A plague went before Him, and lightning went forth at His feet.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Destruction goeth before him, and burning cressettes go from his feet.
NET Bible
Plague goes before him; pestilence marches right behind him.
New Heart English Bible
Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet.
The Emphasized Bible
Before him, marcheth pestilence, - and fever, goeth forth, at his feet:
Webster
Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
World English Bible
Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet.
Youngs Literal Translation
Before Him goeth pestilence, And a burning flame goeth forth at His feet.
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Devotionals about Habakkuk 3:5
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Habakkuk 3:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Prayer Of Habakkuk
4 His radiance is like sunlight; beams of light shine from his hand, where his strength lays hidden. 5 Before him pestilence walks, and disease follows behind him. 6 He stood up and shook the land; with his stare he startled the nations. The age-old mountains were shattered, and the ancient hilltops bowed down. His ways are eternal.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 12:29-30
And so at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock.
Numbers 16:46-49
But they fell upon their faces. Then Moses told Aaron. "Take the censer, put fire on it from the altar, and burn some incense. Then walk quickly to the congregation and atone for them, because wrath has already come out from the LORD the plague has begun."
Numbers 14:12
"That's why I'm going to attack them with pestilence and disinherit them. Instead, I'll make you a great nation even mightier than they are!"
Deuteronomy 32:24
Emaciated from famine, feverish from plague, and destroyed by bitterness, I'll send fanged beasts against them, along with poisonous snakes that glide through the dust.
Psalm 18:7-13
The world shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains quaked, they shook because he was angry.
Psalm 78:50-51
He blazed a path for his anger; he did not stop short from killing them, but handed them over to pestilence.
Nahum 1:2-3
A jealous God, the LORD avenges. The LORD avenges; The Lord is an angry husband. The LORD takes vengeance on his enemies, reserving anger for his adversaries.