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Habakkuk 3:4

Habakkuk 3:4
And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And his brightness was as the light,.... Of fire, of devouring fire on the top of the mount, to which the sight of his glory was like, Exo 24:16 to which Kimchi refers it. Aben Ezra thinks the pillar…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

and His brightness - that wherein God dwelleth Eze 10:4, “the brightness of the Lord’s glory,” before which darkness fleeth Psa 18:12, “was as the light,” or as the sun. Out of the midst of the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

He had horns coming out of his hand - קרנים karnayim, rays. His hand - his power - was manifested in a particular place, by the sudden issuing out of pencils of rays, which diverged in coruscations of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Habakkuk 3:3-15

It has been the usual practice of God's people, when they have been in distress and ready to fall into despair, to help themselves by recollecting their experiences, and reviving them, considering the…