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pestilence followed his steps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/habakkuk/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Pestilence marches before him; plague follows close behind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/habakkuk/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Before him went pestilence, and plague followed at his heels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/habakkuk/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/habakkuk/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/habakkuk/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Before Him went pestilence, And fever followed at His feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/habakkuk/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Before Him goes plague, And plague comes forth after Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/habakkuk/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Before Him goes pestilence, And plague comes after Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/habakkuk/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Before Him goes pestilence, And plague comes after Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/habakkuk/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Before Him goes pestilence, And plague comes after Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/habakkuk/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Before Him goes the pestilence [of judgment as in Egypt], And [the burning] plague [of condemnation] follows at His feet [as in Sennacherib’s army].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/habakkuk/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Plague goes before him, and pestilence follows in his steps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/habakkuk/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Plague goes before Him, and pestilence follows in His steps. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/habakkuk/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/habakkuk/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Dreadful diseases and plagues marched in front and followed behind. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/habakkuk/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Before him went the pestilence, and fiery bolts went forth at his feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/habakkuk/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Diseases go ahead of him. Plagues follow after him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/habakkuk/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He sends disease before him and commands death to follow him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/habakkuk/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Before him pestilence walks, and disease follows behind him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/habakkuk/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/habakkuk/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Plague goes before him; pestilence marches right behind him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/habakkuk/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/habakkuk/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/habakkuk/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/habakkuk/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Before Him goes pestilence, "" And a burning flame goes forth at His feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/habakkuk/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Before Him goeth pestilence, And a burning flame goeth forth at His feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/habakkuk/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Before his face shall go the word, and a flame will go forth at his feet.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/habakkuk/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Death shall go before his face. And the devil shall go forth before his feet. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/habakkuk/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Death will go forth before his face. And the devil shall depart before his feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/habakkuk/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Before him went pestilence, and plague followed in his steps. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/habakkuk/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Before him went pestilence, and plague followed close behind.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/habakkuk/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Before him went pestilence, and birds went forth before his feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/habakkuk/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Before him went death and a bird of prey went out at his feet<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/habakkuk/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Before him goeth the pestilence, And fiery bolts go forth at His feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/habakkuk/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Before his face shall go a report, and it shall go forth into the plains,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/habakkuk/3-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ryPix4COoVE?start=473" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/habakkuk/3.htm">Habakkuk's Prayer</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1698.htm" title="1698: dā·ḇer (N-ms) -- Pestilence. From dabar; a pestilence.">Plague</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: yê·leḵ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">went</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·nāw (Prep-l:: N-cpc:: 3ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before Him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7565.htm" title="7565: re·šep̄ (N-ms) -- Flame. From saraph; a live coal; by analogy lightning; figuratively, an arrow,; specifically, fever.">and fever</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: wə·yê·ṣê (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">followed</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: lə·raḡ·lāw (Prep-l:: N-fdc:: 3ms) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">in His steps.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">Exodus 12:29</a></span><br />Now 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/9-3.htm">Exodus 9:3</a></span><br />then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24</a></span><br />They 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/11-33.htm">Numbers 11:33</a></span><br />But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/24-15.htm">2 Samuel 24:15</a></span><br />So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-50.htm">Psalm 78:50</a></span><br />He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">Isaiah 37:36</a></span><br />Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/21-14.htm">1 Chronicles 21:14</a></span><br />So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-10.htm">Amos 4:10</a></span><br />“I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-8.htm">Revelation 6:8</a></span><br />Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/9-18.htm">Revelation 9:18</a></span><br />A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/15-1.htm">Revelation 15:1</a></span><br />Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath of God is completed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-2.htm">Revelation 16:2</a></span><br />So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-9.htm">Revelation 16:9</a></span><br />And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-11.htm">Revelation 16:11</a></span><br />and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores. Yet they did not repent of their deeds.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.</p><p class="hdg">went.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">Exodus 12:29,30</a></b></br> 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 <i>was</i> in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-12.htm">Numbers 14:12</a></b></br> I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/16-46.htm">Numbers 16:46-49</a></b></br> 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 from the LORD; the plague is begun… </p><p class="hdg">and.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-7.htm">Psalm 18:7-13</a></b></br> Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth… </p><p class="hdg">burning coals.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24</a></b></br> <i>They shall be</i> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/1-14.htm">Bolts</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-16.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/micah/7-17.htm">Close</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-11.htm">Coals</a> <a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/nahum/3-14.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/daniel/7-10.htm">Fiery</a> <a href="/nahum/2-3.htm">Flame</a> <a href="/nahum/2-3.htm">Flames</a> <a href="/micah/6-16.htm">Followed</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-4.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-6.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/amos/4-10.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/hosea/13-14.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/micah/4-7.htm">Steps</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/33-25.htm">Bolts</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-8.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-7.htm">Close</a> <a href="/john/18-18.htm">Coals</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-15.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-15.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/matthew/13-42.htm">Fiery</a> <a href="/luke/11-36.htm">Flame</a> <a href="/acts/2-3.htm">Flames</a> <a href="/malachi/2-9.htm">Followed</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-6.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/luke/21-11.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-12.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-19.htm">Steps</a><div class="vheading2">Habakkuk 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-1.htm">Habakkuk, in his prayer, trembles at God's majesty.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-17.htm">The confidence of his faith.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/habakkuk/3.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Plague went before Him</b><br />The Hebrew word for "plague" is "דֶּבֶר" (deber), which often signifies a devastating disease or calamity. In the context of Habakkuk, this phrase evokes the imagery of God's power and judgment as He moves. Historically, plagues were seen as divine instruments used to execute judgment or to demonstrate God's sovereignty, as seen in the plagues of Egypt (Exodus 7-12). This phrase suggests that God's presence is so powerful that it precedes Him with a force that can bring nations to their knees, emphasizing His supreme authority over creation and history.<p><b>and pestilence followed in His steps</b><br />The term "pestilence" is translated from the Hebrew "רֶשֶׁף" (resheph), which can mean a burning fever or a destructive force. This word is often associated with divine retribution and is used in various parts of the Old Testament to describe God's wrath (e.g., <a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24</a>). The imagery of pestilence following in God's steps underscores the inevitability and thoroughness of His judgment. It paints a picture of God as a mighty warrior whose path is marked by the consequences of His righteous anger against sin. This serves as a sobering reminder of the holiness of God and the seriousness with which He regards sin, calling believers to a life of reverence and obedience.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/habakkuk/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">Before him went the pestilence. . . .</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">Before Him shall go the plague, and burning pestilence shall go forth where He sets His feet.</span> Kleinert remarks that it was with these angels of death that Jehovah revealed Himself in the south, and destroyed the armies of Sennacherib (<a href="/2_kings/19-35.htm" title="And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.">2Kings 19:35</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/habakkuk/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - After describing the splendour of the theophany, the prophet now turns to the purpose and effects of God's appearing. He comes to avenge and judge, therefore <span class="cmt_word">before him went the pestilence.</span> Before him stalks plague, to punish his enemies and the disobedient, as in Egypt, in Canaan (<a href="/exodus/23-27.htm">Exodus 23:27</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/5-9.htm">1 Samuel 5:9, 11</a>); and among his own people (<a href="/numbers/11-33.htm">Numbers 11:33</a>; <a href="/numbers/14-37.htm">Numbers 14:37</a>, etc.; <a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Leviticus 26:25</a>). For "pestilence" the LXX. reads "word." Burning coals went forth at his feet. "Fiery belts" followed his advance, "hailstones and coals of fire" (<a href="/psalms/18-12.htm">Psalm 18:12, 13</a>); as in <a href="/psalms/97-8.htm">Psalm 97:8</a>, "A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies on every side." But, regarding the parallelisms of the hemistiches, it is better to take <span class="accented">resheph</span> in the sense of "fever heat," as in <a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24</a>; scorching fever follows in his train. Jerome translates the word, <span class="accented">diabolus</span>, looking on the evil spirit as the agent of the Divine vengeance. The Jews, he says, had a tradition that Satan was called <span class="accented">Reseph</span>, from the speed of his movements. The LXX. has, "It (the word) shall go forth into the plains," which Jerome interprets, "shall make the crooked straight and the rough ways smooth." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/habakkuk/3-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Plague</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּ֑בֶר</span> <span class="translit">(dā·ḇer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1698.htm">Strong's 1698: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pestilence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">went</span><br /><span class="heb">יֵ֣לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(yê·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before Him,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְפָנָ֖יו</span> <span class="translit">(lə·p̄ā·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and pestilence</span><br /><span class="heb">רֶ֖שֶׁף</span> <span class="translit">(re·šep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7565.htm">Strong's 7565: </a> </span><span class="str2">A live coal, lightning, an arrow, fever</span><br /><br /><span class="word">followed</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיֵצֵ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yê·ṣê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in His steps.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְרַגְלָֽיו׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·raḡ·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foot, a step, the pudenda</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/habakkuk/3-5.htm">Habakkuk 3:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/habakkuk/3-5.htm">Habakkuk 3:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/habakkuk/3-5.htm">Habakkuk 3:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/habakkuk/3-5.htm">Habakkuk 3:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/habakkuk/3-5.htm">Habakkuk 3:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/habakkuk/3-5.htm">Habakkuk 3:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/habakkuk/3-5.htm">Habakkuk 3:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/habakkuk/3-5.htm">Habakkuk 3:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/habakkuk/3-5.htm">Habakkuk 3:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/habakkuk/3-5.htm">Habakkuk 3:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/habakkuk/3-5.htm">OT Prophets: Habakkuk 3:5 Plague went before him and pestilence followed (Hab Hb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/habakkuk/3-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Habakkuk 3:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Habakkuk 3:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Habakkuk 3:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Habakkuk 3:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>