Plague goes before him; pestilence ¹  marches right behind him. ² 

biblegateway Hab 3:5

Before Him goes pestilence, And plague comes after Him.

Plague goes before Him, and pestilence follows in His steps.

Diseases go ahead of him. Plagues follow after him.

biblegateway Hab 3:5

Plague went before him; pestilence followed his steps.

Before him went pestilence, and plague followed at his heels.

bibleoremus Hab 3:5

Before him went pestilence, and plague followed close behind.

Pestilence stalks before him, and plague follows close behind.

biblegateway Hab 3:5

Before Him went pestilence, And fever followed at His feet.

Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.

biblegateway Hab 3:5

Plague goes before him; pestilence ¹  marches right behind him. ² 

¹ tn 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.

¹ sn 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.

² tn Heb “goes out at his feet.”