Habakkuk 1:14
“And makest men as the fishes of the Sea, as the creeping things, that haue no ruler ouer them.”
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Habakkuk 1:14 Context
12¶ Art thou not from euerlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy one? we shall not die: O Lord, thou hast ordained them for iudgement, and O mightie God, thou hast established them for correction. 13Thou art of purer eyes then to beholde euill, and canst not looke on ininquitie: wherefore lookest thou vpon them that deale treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked deuoureth the man that is more righteous then hee? 14And makest men as the fishes of the Sea, as the creeping things, that haue no ruler ouer them. 15They take vp all of them with the angle: they catch them in their net, and gather them in their dragge; therefore they reioyce and are glad. 16Therefore they sacrifice vnto their net, and burne incense vnto their drag: because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
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Other Translations for Habakkuk 1:14
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, [that have] no ruler over them?
- King James Version
{Why} have You made men like the fish of the sea, Like creeping things without a ruler over them?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
- American Standard Version (1901)
He has made men like the fishes of the sea, like the worms which have no ruler over them.
- Basic English Bible
And thou makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them.
- Darby Bible
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping animals that have no ruler over them?
- Webster's Bible
and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
- World English Bible
And Thou makest man as fishes of the sea, As a creeping thing -- none ruling over him.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Habakkuk 1:14
1:14 And makest - Not infusing cruel appetites, but permitting them to act according to such appetite which was already in them. As the fishes - Of which the greater greedily devour the smaller. Creeping things - Which in the waters are food for the lesser fry; so the world, like the sea, is wholly oppression. No ruler - None to defend the weak, or restrain the mighty.