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Habakkuk 3:5

Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.

KJV

Ante faciem ejus ibit mors, et egredietur diabolus ante pedes ejus.

Vulgate

πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ πορεύσεται λόγος, καὶ ἐξελεύσεται εἰς πεδία κατὰ πόδας αὐτοῦ.

LXX

Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.

ASV

לְ/פָנָ֖י/ו יֵ֣לֶךְ דָּ֑בֶר וְ/יֵצֵ֥א רֶ֖שֶׁף לְ/רַגְלָֽי/ו

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דָּ֑בֶר
dbr
noun · 49×
ו
v
noun · 247×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
רֶ֖שֶׁף
rshp
noun · 7×

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 32:24 — They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
  • Exod 12:29 — And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dung
  • Nah 1:2 — God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
  • Num 14:12 — I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
  • Num 16:46 — And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out
  • Ps 18:7 — Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
  • Ps 46:6 — The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
  • Ps 78:50 — He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;