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Habakkuk 3:5

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3:5Plague goes before him;

pestilence19 marches right behind him.20

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Footnotes

  1. 19 Because of parallelism with the previous line, the meaning “pestilence” is favored for רֶשֶׁף (reshef) here, but usage elsewhere suggests a destructive bolt of fire may be in view. See 958 There are mythological echoes here, for in Canaanite literature the god Resheph aids Baal in his battles. See J. Day, “New Light on the Mythological Background of the Allusion to Resheph in Habakkuk III 5,” 29 (1979): 353–55.
  2. 20 Heb “goes out at his feet.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Before him went pestilence,

and plague followed at his heels.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Plague went before him;

pestilence followed his steps.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Plague goes before him,

and pestilence follows in his steps.

NLTNew Living Translation

Pestilence marches before him;

plague follows close behind.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Before him went Disease,

and Pestilence went out at his feet.

KJV 1900King James Version

Before him went the pestilence,

And burning coals went forth at his feet.