Habakkuk’s Prayer
Habakkuk 3:5
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.
- KJV
- Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.coals: or, diseases
- WEB
- Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet.
- ASV
- Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.
- LSV
- Before Him goes pestilence, || And a burning flame goes forth at His feet.
- YLT
- Before Him goeth pestilence, And a burning flame goeth forth at His feet.
- DBY
- Before him went the pestilence, And a burning flame went forth at his feet.
- DRC
- Death shall go before his face. And the devil shall go forth before his feet.
- GNV
- Before him went the pestilence, and burning coales went forth before his feete.
- JPS
- Before him goeth the pestilence, and fiery bolts go forth at His feet.
- LXXE
- Before his face shall go a report, and it shall go forth into the plains,
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- לְפָנָ֖יו יֵ֣לֶךְ דָּ֑בֶר וְיֵצֵ֥א רֶ֖שֶׁף לְרַגְלָֽיו׃
- LXX-Br
- Πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ πορεύσεται λόγος, καὶ ἐξελεύσεται εἰς πεδία· κατὰ πόδας αὐτοῦ
Who and where
◆ Prophecies of Habakkuk
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
BoltCoalBush, BurningPestilenceMidianitesPlague or Pestilence, TheReadings, SelectPoetrySeptuagintFire
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Exodus 12:29–30Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among…
- Nahum 1:2–3The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies. The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no…
- Numbers 16:46–49Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.” So…
- Psalms 18:7–13Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger. Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed…
- Numbers 14:12I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”
- Deuteronomy 32:24They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.
- Psalms 78:50–51He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague. He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.
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