Habakkuk 1:14

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Habakkuk 1:14

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You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.

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KJV

King James Version

And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, [that have] no ruler over them?

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WEB

World English Bible

and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things that have no ruler over them?

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ASV

American Standard Version

and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

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Habakkuk 1

¹² Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.

¹³ Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

¹⁴ You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.

¹⁵ The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.

¹⁶ Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.

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