Habakkuk 3:4 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And the brightness is as the light, He hath rays out of His hand, And there -- the hiding of His strength.

English ASV

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

English Amplified

And His brightness was like the sunlight; rays streamed from His hand, and there [in the sunlike splendor] was the hiding place of His power.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And His brightness was like the sunlight; rays streamed from His hand, and there [in the sunlike splendor] was the hiding place of His power.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

His brilliance is like light; rays are flashing from his hand. This is where his power is hidden.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And [his] brightness was as the light; Rays [came forth] from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.

English EASY 2024

He is as bright as the sunrise. His hands throw bright lightning! That is where he hides his power.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Rays of light shine from his hand, a bright, shining light. There is such power hiding in that hand.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

He comes with the brightness of lightning; light flashes from his hand, there where his power is hidden.

English God's Word - GW 1995

His brightness is like the sunlight. Rays of light {stream} from his hand. That is where his power is hidden.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

[His] brilliance is like light; rays are flashing from His hand. This is where His power is hidden.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

His brightness is like the sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand, And there is the hiding of His strength.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

His brightness was like the light; rays flashed from His hand, and there His power was hidden.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

His radiance is like the sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand, And there is the hiding of His power.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

His splendor spreads like the light; rays shine forth from beside him, where his power is concealed.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

He is as bright as lightning; a two-pronged lightning bolt flashes from his hand. This is the outward display of his power.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Your glory was like the sunrise. Rays of light flashed from your mighty hand. Your power was hidden there.

English NIV

His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from his hand, where his power was hidden.

English NKJ 1982

His brightness was like the light; He had rays flashing from His hand, And there His power was hidden.

English NLT

Rays of brilliant light flash from his hands. He rejoices in his awesome power.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The brightness was like the sun; rays came forth from his hand, where his power lay hidden.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

The brilliance of his glory is bright as the sun; twin bolts of lightning flash from his hand — there is the hiding place of his power.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

From his hands flash rays of brilliant light. He rejoices in his awesome power.

English Tyndale 1537

His glory covereth the heavens, and the earth is full of his praise. His shine is as the sun,(sonne) and beams of light go out of his hands, there is his power hid.

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