Habakkuk 1:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Is he then to keep on emptying his net, and mercilessly slaying nations for ever? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Shall he therefore continue to empty his net and mercilessly go on slaying the nations forever? American Standard Version (1901) Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually? Common English Bible Should he continue to empty his net and continue to slay nations without sparing them? Catholic Public Domain Version Because of this, therefore, he expands his dragnet and will not be lenient in continually putting to death the peoples. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For this cause therefore he spreadeth his net, and will not spare continually to slay the nations. |
that smote the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution.
The fishermen will mourn and lament, all who cast hook in the Nile; and they will languish who spread nets upon the water.
The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you; the destruction of the beasts will terrify you, for the blood of men and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell therein.