The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers;
Habakkuk 1:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to slay the nations continually? 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. |
The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers;
that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.
The fishers also shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.