Habakkuk 3:4 (GNV)

Passage

And his brightnes was as the light: he had hornes comming out of his hands, and there was the hiding of his power.

Nearby Context

Habakkuk 3:2 O Lord, I haue heard thy voyce, and was afraide: O Lord, reuiue thy worke in the mids of the people, in the mids of the yeeres make it knowen: in wrath remember mercy.

Habakkuk 3:3 God commeth from Teman, and the holy one from mount Paran, Selah. His glory couereth the heauens, and the earth is full of his prayse,

Habakkuk 3:4 And his brightnes was as the light: he had hornes comming out of his hands, and there was the hiding of his power.

Habakkuk 3:5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coales went forth before his feete.

Habakkuk 3:6 He stoode and measured the earth: he behelde and dissolued the nations and the euerlasting mountaines were broken, and the ancient hilles did bowe: his wayes are euerlasting.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "brightnes", "hornes", "comming", "hands", "hiding", and "power". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "brightnes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "God commeth from Teman and the holy..." into verse 5's "Before him went the pestilence and burning...", so "light" and "brightnes" belong inside that flow. In Habakkuk context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "light" and "brightnes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.