Habakkuk 3:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.”
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BSBPD
“Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Before Him goeth pestilence, And a burning flame goeth forth at His feet.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Habakkuk 3:5 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 12:29Now 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 the livestock.
- Leviticus 26:25And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
- 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.”
- Numbers 16:46Moses 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.”
- 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 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
- Psalms 78:50He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.
- Nahum 1:2The 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.
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