Verse 14

Habakkuk 1:14

New King James Version

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

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אָדָ֖ם כִּ/דְגֵ֣י הַ/יָּ֑ם כְּ/רֶ֖מֶשׂ לֹא מֹשֵׁ֥ל בּֽ/וֹ

English Translation

And man did like the fish of the sea; the creeping thing does not rule over him.

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Chapter 1 Context

1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. Focus ↗

2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou... Focus ↗

3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are befo... Focus ↗

4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about th... Focus ↗

5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your day... Focus ↗

6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the bread... Focus ↗

7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. Focus ↗

8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and th... Focus ↗

9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather... Focus ↗

10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride eve... Focus ↗

11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god... Focus ↗

12 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God (Elohim), mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou... Focus ↗

13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou u... Focus ↗

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

15 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag... Focus ↗

16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their por... Focus ↗

17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? Focus ↗

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