Parallel Verses
Amplified
Will they continue to empty their net
And [mercilessly] go on destroying nations without sparing?
New American Standard Bible
And continually
King James Version
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
Holman Bible
and continually slaughter nations without mercy?
International Standard Version
Is he to continue to empty his fishing net? Will he ever stop killing entire nations without mercy?"
A Conservative Version
Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to kill the nations continually?
American Standard Version
Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually?
Bible in Basic English
For this cause his net is ever open, and there is no end to his destruction of the nations.
Darby Translation
Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?
Julia Smith Translation
For this, will he empty his net; and he will not spare to slay the nations continually.
King James 2000
Shall they therefore empty their net, and continually slay the nations without mercy?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Will he therefore empty his fishnet and continually kill nations without showing mercy?
Modern King James verseion
Shall he then empty his net, and shall he not spare to continually slay nations?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore they cast out their net again, and never cease to slay the people.
NET Bible
Will he then continue to fill and empty his throw net? Will he always destroy nations and spare none?
New Heart English Bible
Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?
The Emphasized Bible
Shall he, on this account, empty his net? And, the continual slaying of nations, deem to be no pity?
Webster
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
World English Bible
Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?
Youngs Literal Translation
Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?
Interlinear
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Habakkuk 1:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Habakkuk's Second Complaint
16
Therefore, they offer sacrifices to their net
And burn incense to their fishing net;
Because through these things their catch is large and they live luxuriously,
And their food is plentiful.
Will they continue to empty their net
And [mercilessly] go on destroying nations without sparing?
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 14:6
Which used to strike the peoples in anger with incessant blows,
Which subdued and ruled the nations in wrath with unrelenting persecution.
Isaiah 14:16-17
“Those who see you will gaze at you,
They will consider you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,
Isaiah 19:8
The fishermen will lament (cry out in grief),
And all those who cast a hook into the Nile will mourn,
And those who spread nets upon the waters will languish.
Jeremiah 25:9-26
behold (hear this), I will send for all the families of the north,’ says the Lord, ‘and I will send for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant [to enact My plan], and I will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these surrounding nations; and I will utterly destroy them and make them a horror and a hissing [that is, an object of warning and ridicule] and an everlasting desolation.
Jeremiah 46:1-28
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the [Gentile] nations.
Jeremiah 52:1-34
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of
Ezekiel 25:1-17
The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
Habakkuk 1:9-10
“They all come for violence;
Their horde of faces moves [eagerly] forward,
They gather prisoners like sand.
Habakkuk 2:5-8
“Moreover, wine is treacherous and betrays the arrogant man,
So that he does not stay at home.
His appetite is large like Sheol,
And he is like death, never satisfied.
He gathers to himself all nations
And collects to himself all peoples [as if he owned them].
Habakkuk 2:17
“For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you;
The destruction of the animals will terrify you
On account of human bloodshed and the violence done to the land,
To the city and all its inhabitants.