Habakkuk 1:17
“Shall they therefore emptie their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?”
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Habakkuk 1:17 Context
15They take vp all of them with the angle: they catch them in their net, and gather them in their dragge; therefore they reioyce and are glad. 16Therefore they sacrifice vnto their net, and burne incense vnto their drag: because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. 17Shall they therefore emptie their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
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Other Translations for Habakkuk 1:17
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
- King James Version
Will they therefore empty their net And continually slay nations without sparing?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually?
- American Standard Version (1901)
For this cause his net is ever open, and there is no end to his destruction of the nations.
- Basic English Bible
Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?
- Darby Bible
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
- Webster's Bible
Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?
- World English Bible
Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Habakkuk 1:17
1:17 Empty their net - As fisher - men empty the full net to fill it again.