Habakkuk 3:4 BSB — MannaFest

Habakkuk 3:4

His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.

BSB

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ASV

And his brightness was as the light; He had rays coming forth from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.

KJV

And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Habakkuk (420)

(Verse 4.) He covered the heavens with his glory, and the earth is full of his praise. His splendor is like light: horns are in his hands. There his strength is hidden. LXX: His power covered the heavens, and the earth is full of his praise, and his splendor shall be like light: horns are in his hands, and he set strong love of his strength.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He had horns coming out of his hand - קרנים karnayim, rays. His hand - his power - was manifested in a particular place, by the sudden issuing out of pencils of rays, which diverged in coruscations of light, so as to illuminate the whole hemisphere. Yet “there was the hiding of his power.” His Majesty could not be seen, nor any kind of image, because of the insufferable splendor. This may either refer to the lightnings on Mount Sinai or to the brightness which occasionally proceeded from the shechinah or glory of God between the cherubim, over the mercy-seat.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְנֹ֙גַהּ֙	ve.No.gah	and brightness	H5051 →
כָּא֣וֹר	ka.'or	like the light	H216 →
תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה	tih.Yeh	it is	H1961 →
קַרְנַ֥יִם	kar.Na.yim	two horns	H7161 →
מִיָּד֖וֹ	mi.ya.Do	from hand his	H3027 →
ל֑וֹ	lo	[belong] to him
וְשָׁ֖ם	ve.Sham	and [is] there	H8033 →
חֶבְי֥וֹן	chev.Yon	[the] hiding place of	H2253 →
עֻזּֽוֹ׃	'u.Zo	strength his	H5797 →

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Through
Revelation 22:5
There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and…
leads to
- Daniel 7:18
  But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever—yes, forever and ever.’
- Isaiah 60:19–20
  No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your…
- Revelation 20:4
  Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for…
- 1 Peter 1:3–4
  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Through
Matthew 17:2
There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
leads to
- Psalms 104:2
  He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
- Matthew 28:3
  His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
- Luke 9:29
  And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.
- John 1:14
  The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Habakkuk

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Habakkuk