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Habakkuk 3:5

NETBible	Plague goes before him; pestilence¹ marches right behind him.²
NIV © biblegateway Hab 3:5	Plague went before him; pestilence followed his steps.
NASB © biblegateway Hab 3:5	Before Him goes pestilence, And plague comes after Him.
NLT © biblegateway Hab 3:5	Pestilence marches before him; plague follows close behind.
MSG © biblegateway Hab 3:5	Plague marches before him, pestilence at his heels!
BBE © SABDAweb Hab 3:5	Before him went disease, and flames went out at his feet.
NRSV © bibleoremus Hab 3:5	Before him went pestilence, and plague followed close behind.
NKJV © biblegateway Hab 3:5	Before Him went pestilence, And fever followed at His feet.
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KJV	Before <06440> him went <03212> (8799) the pestilence <01698>_, and burning coals <07565> went forth <03318> (8799) at his feet <07272>_. {coals: or, diseases}
NASB © biblegateway Hab 3:5	Before <06440> Him goes <01980> pestilence <01698> , And plague <07565> comes <03318> after <07272> Him.
LXXM	pro <4253> PREP proswpou <4383> N-GSN autou <846> D-GSM poreusetai <4198> V-FMI-3S logov <3056> N-NSM kai <2532> CONJ exeleusetai <1831> V-FMI-3S en <1722> PREP pediloiv {N-DPN} oi <3588> T-NPM podev <4228> N-NPM autou <846> D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	Plague goes <01980> before <06440> him; pestilence <01698> marches <07565> right behind him.
HEBREW	wylgrl <07272> Psr <07565> auyw <03318> rbd <01698> Kly <01980> wynpl (3:5) <06440>

NETBible

Plague goes before him; pestilence¹ marches right behind him.²

NET Notes

¹tn 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 BDB 958 s.v.

¹sn 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,” VT 29 (1979): 353-55.

²tn Heb “goes out at his feet.”