Habakkuk 1:17
What does Habakkuk 1:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Habakkuk 1:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For this cause his net is ever open, and there is no end to his destruction of the nations.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For this cause therefore he spreadeth his net, and will not spare continually to slay the nations.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?
Context
v.16Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plenteous.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 19:8
And the fishers shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
- Jeremiah 52:1
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
- Habakkuk 1:9
They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.
- Ezekiel 25:1
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
- Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and I will send unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
- Jeremiah 46:1
The word of Jehovah which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
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