Habakkuk
Habakkuk 3:4–6
4His radiance was like the sunlight;
rays flashed from His hand,
where His power is hidden.
5Plague went before Him,
and fever followed in His steps.
6He stood and measured the earth;
He looked and startled the nations;
the ancient mountains crumbled;
the perpetual hills collapsed.
His ways are everlasting.
Word by word
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Habakkuk 3:4
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| radiance | וְנֹ֙גַהּ֙ | wə·nō·ḡah | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H5051 brightness |
| was | תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה | tih·yeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| like the sunlight | כָּא֣וֹר | kā·’ō·wr | Preposition-k, Article; Noun - common singular | H216 light |
| rays | קַרְנַ֥יִם | qar·na·yim | Noun - fd | H7161 horn |
| from His hand | מִיָּד֖וֹ | mî·yā·ḏōw | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H3027 hand |
| where | וְשָׁ֖ם | wə·šām | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| His power | עֻזֹּֽה׃ | ʿuz·zōh | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H5797 strength, might |
| is hidden | חֶבְי֥וֹן | ḥeḇ·yō·wn | Noun - masculine singular construct | H2253 hiding, hiding-place |
Habakkuk 3:5
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plague | דָּ֑בֶר | dā·ḇer | Noun - masculine singular | H1698 pestilence |
| went | יֵ֣לֶךְ | yê·leḵ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| before Him | לְפָנָ֖יו | lə·p̄ā·nāw | Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine singular | H6440 face, before |
| and fever | רֶ֖שֶׁף | re·šep̄ | Noun - masculine singular | H7565 flame, fire-bolt |
| followed | וְיֵצֵ֥א | wə·yê·ṣê | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H3318 go or come out |
| in His steps | לְרַגְלָֽיו׃ | lə·raḡ·lāw | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine dual construct; third person masculine singular | H7272 foot |
Habakkuk 3:6
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| He stood | עָמַ֣ד׀ | ‘ā·maḏ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5975 take one's stand, stand |
| and measured | וַיְמֹ֣דֶד | way·mō·ḏeḏ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H4128 shake |
| the earth | אֶ֗רֶץ | ’e·reṣ | Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| He looked | רָאָה֙ | rā·’āh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H7200 see |
| and startled | וַיַּתֵּ֣ר | way·yat·têr | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5425 spring or start up |
| the nations | גּוֹיִ֔ם | gō·w·yim | Noun - masculine plural | H1471 nation, people |
| the ancient | עַ֔ד | ‘aḏ | Noun - masculine singular | H5703 perpetuity |
| mountains | הַרְרֵי־ | har·rê- | Noun - masculine plural construct | H2042 mountain |
| crumbled | וַיִּתְפֹּֽצְצוּ֙ | way·yiṯ·pō·ṣə·ṣū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H6327 be dispersed, scattered |
| the perpetual | עוֹלָ֑ם | ‘ō·w·lām | Noun - masculine singular | H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity |
| hills | גִּבְע֣וֹת | giḇ·‘ō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural construct | H1389 hill |
| collapsed | שַׁח֖וּ | ša·ḥū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H7817 bow, be bowed down, crouch |
| His | לֽוֹ׃ | lōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | |
| ways | הֲלִיכ֥וֹת | hă·lî·ḵō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural construct | H1979 a going, way, travelling-company |
| everlasting | עוֹלָ֖ם | ‘ō·w·lām | Noun - masculine singular | H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Habakkuk 3:4 Matthew 17:2 · Isaiah 60:19–20 · Revelation 22:5 · Job 26:14 · Exodus 14:20 · 1 Timothy 6:16 · Psalm 104:2 · Exodus 13:21 · Nehemiah 9:12
Habakkuk 3:5 Exodus 12:29–30 · Numbers 16:46–49 · Nahum 1:2–3 · Psalm 18:7–13 · Psalm 78:50–51 · Deuteronomy 32:24 · Numbers 14:12
Habakkuk 3:6 Genesis 49:26 · Nahum 1:5 · Deuteronomy 33:15 · Micah 5:8 · Isaiah 51:6 · Zechariah 14:4–5 · Joshua 11:18–23 · Isaiah 64:1–3 · Habakkuk 3:10 · Deuteronomy 32:8 · Psalm 68:16 · Psalm 135:8–12
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.