Habakkuk 3:4
Strong's Lexicon
[His] radiance
וְנֹ֙גַהּ֙ (wə·nō·ḡah)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5051: 1) brightness

was
תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה (tih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

like the sunlight;
כָּא֣וֹר (kā·’ō·wr)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 216: 1) light 1a) light of day 1b) light of heavenly luminaries (moon, sun, stars) 1c) day-break, dawn, morning light 1d) daylight 1e) lightning 1f) light of lamp 1g) light of life 1h) light of prosperity 1i) light of instruction 1j) light of face (fig.) 1k) Jehovah as Israel's light

rays [flashed]
קַרְנַ֥יִם (qar·na·yim)
Noun - fd
Strong's Hebrew 7161: n f 1) horn 1a) horn 1b) of strength (fig) 1c) flask (container for oil) 1d) horn (as musical instrument) 1e) horn (of horn-like projections on the altar) 1f) of rays of light 1g) hill n pr loc 2) (BDB) a place conquered by Israel probably in Bashan

from His hand,
מִיָּד֖וֹ (mî·yā·ḏōw)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3027: 1) hand 1a) hand (of man) 1b) strength, power (fig.) 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1d) (various special, technical senses) 1d1) sign, monument 1d2) part, fractional part, share 1d3) time, repetition 1d4) axle-trees, axle 1d5) stays, support (for laver) 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) 1d8) wrists

where
וְשָׁ֖ם (wə·šām)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: 1) there, thither 1a) there 1b) thither (after verbs of motion) 1c) from there, thence 1d) then (as an adverb of time)

His power
עֻזֹּֽה׃‪‬‪‬ (‘uz·zōh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5797: 1) might, strength 1a) material or physical 1b) personal or social or political

is hidden.
חֶבְי֥וֹן (ḥeḇ·yō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2253: 1) concealment, covering, hiding, hiding place

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.

Young's Literal Translation
And the brightness is as the light, He hath rays out of His hand, And there—the hiding of His strength.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
His brilliance is like light; rays are flashing from His hand. This is where His power is hidden.

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 Bible
And [his] brightness was as the light; he had horns [coming] out of his hand: and there [was] the hiding of his power.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from his hand, where his power was hidden.

New Living Translation
His coming is as brilliant as the sunrise. Rays of light flash from his hands, where his awesome power is hidden.

English Standard Version
His brightness was like the light; rays flashed from his hand; and there he veiled his power.

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

Holman Christian Standard 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.

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.

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.

English Revised Version
And his brightness was as the light; he had rays coming forth from his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.

Young's Literal Translation
And the brightness is as the light, He hath rays out of His hand, And there -- the hiding of His strength.
















Cross References
Job 26:14
Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

Psalm 18:12
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

Habakkuk 1:1
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

Habakkuk 3:3
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

Habakkuk 3:2
O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

Habakkuk 3:1
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.

Habakkuk 3:5
Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.

Habakkuk 3:6
He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.

Habakkuk 3:7
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
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