Habakkuk 3:4
“And his brightnesse was as the light: he had hornes comming out of his hand, and there was the hiding of his power:”
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Habakkuk 3:4 Context
2O Lord, I haue heard thy speach, and was afraide: O Lord, reuiue thy worke in the midst of the yeeres, in the midst of the yeeres make knowen; in wrath remember mercy. 3God came from Teman, and the holy on from mount Paran Selah. His glory couered the heauens and the earth was full of his praise. 4And his brightnesse was as the light: he had hornes comming out of his hand, and there was the hiding of his power: 5Before him went the pestilence, and burning coales went forth at his feete. 6He stood and measured the earth: hee beheld and droue asunder the nations, and the euerlasting mountaines were scattered, the perpetuall hilles did bowe: his wayes are euerlasting.
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Other Translations for Habakkuk 3:4
And [his] brightness was as the light; he had horns [coming] out of his hand: and there [was] the hiding of his power.
- King James Version
{His} radiance is like the sunlight; He has rays {flashing} from His hand, And there is the hiding of His power.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And `his' brightness was as the light; He had rays `coming forth' from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.
- American Standard Version (1901)
He was shining like the light; he had rays coming out from his hand: there his power was kept secret.
- Basic English Bible
And [his] brightness was as the light; Rays [came forth] from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.
- Darby Bible
And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand; and there was the hiding of his power.
- Webster's Bible
His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.
- World English Bible
And the brightness is as the light, He hath rays out of His hand, And there -- the hiding of His strength.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And a brightness appeareth as the light; rays hath He at His side; and there is the hiding of His power.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Habakkuk 3:4
3:4 As the light - Pure, clear as the sun, but much more dazzling. His hand - The face of Moses shined; the face, yea, hands of our God, shine with glorious light. There - In that light wherewith he appeared. The hiding - Which discovered much of it, but hid much more; it was light inaccessible.