Habakkuk 3:3
In the vision, I saw God, the Holy One, coming from the Teman district in Edom; and I also saw him coming from the Paran Hills in the Sinai area. His glory filled the sky, and the earth was full of people who were praising him.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
4His glory was like [SIM] a sunrise; rays flashed from his hands where he hides his power.
Cross References
Genesis 36:11The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
Exodus 20:18When the people heard the thunder and saw the lightning, and when they heard the sound of the trumpet and saw the smoke on the mountain, they were afraid and trembled. They stood at a distance,
Numbers 10:12So we/the Israelis traveled from the Sinai Desert, and we/they continued traveling north until the cloud stopped in the Paran Desert.
Deuteronomy 33:2This is what he said: “Yahweh came and spoke to us at Sinai Mountain; he came like [MET] the sun rises in the Edom region and like his light shone on us when we were in the desert near Paran Mountain after we left Sinai Mountain. He came with 10,000 angels, and there was a flaming fire at his right side.
1 Samuel 25:1Soon after that, Samuel died, and all the Israeli people gathered and mourned for him. They buried his body outside his home in Ramah. Then David and his men moved to the Maon Desert.
Psalms 3:2Many people are saying about me, “God will certainly not help him!” (Think about that!)
Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 3:2-3
The Prophet's Prayer. ( b. c. 600.) 1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. 2 O Lord , I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord , revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. This chapter is entitled a prayer of Habakkuk. It is a meditation with himself, an intercession for the church. Prophets were praying men; this prophet was so ( He is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, Gen. xx. 7 ); and sometimes they prayed for even those… Read the whole commentary →