Habakkuk 3:4
And his brightness was as the light; he had 5horns coming out of his hand: and there was the ehiding of his power.
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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Or, bright beams out of his side.
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Job 11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
Job 26:9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Job 26:14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
that lustre in which God appeared, that unparalleled splendour which shined from him, was as the light; pure, clear as the sun, but much more dazzling and overcoming.
some read it beams or rays of light, and so the Hebrew will bear, and thus it is plain.
our God is all glory and light; Moses’s face shined; the face, yea hands, of our God shine with glorious light; he dwelleth in light.
either in that place where he thus appeared, or in that light wherewith he appeared·
one would think his brightness should have discovered, not hid his power; it did both, it discovered much of it, but hid much more; it was light inaccessible, and therefore a hiding light.
strength or might: by what was there done it did evidently appear, God, who was there, could do much more, but it could not appear how much he could do.
that lustre in which God appeared, that unparalleled splendour which shined from him, was as the light; pure, clear as the sun, but much more dazzling and overcoming.
some read it beams or rays of light, and so the Hebrew will bear, and thus it is plain.
our God is all glory and light; Moses’s face shined; the face, yea hands, of our God shine with glorious light; he dwelleth in light.
either in that place where he thus appeared, or in that light wherewith he appeared·
one would think his brightness should have discovered, not hid his power; it did both, it discovered much of it, but hid much more; it was light inaccessible, and therefore a hiding light.
strength or might: by what was there done it did evidently appear, God, who was there, could do much more, but it could not appear how much he could do.