Habakkuk 1:14New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— [Why] have You made men like the fish of the sea, Like creeping things without a ruler over them?
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, [that have] no ruler over them?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping animals [that have] no ruler over them?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And thou makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— So wouldst thou have made Men, like the fishes of the sea,—like the creeping thing that hath no ruler over it:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And Thou makest man as fishes of the sea, As a creeping thing—none ruling over him.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And thou wilt make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the creeping things that have no ruler.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And makest men as the fishes of the sea, and as the creeping things, that haue no ruler ouer them.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And makest men as the fishes of the Sea, as the creeping things, that [haue] no ruler ouer them.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And thou didst make men as the fish of the sea, as the creeping things that have no ruler over them.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And wilt thou make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the reptiles which have no guide?
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, [that have] no ruler over them? |
And makest
6213 {6213} Primeעָשָׂה`asah{aw-saw'}
A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
men
120 {0120} Primeאָדָם'adam{aw-dawm'}
From H0119; ruddy, that is, a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.).
as the fishes
1709 {1709} Primeדָּגdag{dawg}
From H1711; a fish (as prolific); or perhaps rather from H1672 (as timid); but still better from H1672 (in the sense of squirming, that is, moving by the vibratory action of the tail); a fish (often used collectively).
of the sea,
3220 {3220} Primeיָםyam{yawm}
From an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article) the Mediterranean; sometimes a large river, or an artificial basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south.
as the creeping things,
7431 {7431} Primeרֶמֶשׂremes{reh'-mes}
From H7430; a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal.
[ that have] no
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
ruler
4910 {4910} Primeמָשַׁלmashal{maw-shal'}
A primitive root; to rule.
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
over them? |
Habakkuk 1:14
_ _ And — that is, And so, by suffering oppressors to go unpunished, “Thou makest men as the fishes ... that have no ruler”; that is, no defender. All may fish in the sea with impunity; so the Chaldeans with impunity afflict Thy people, as these have no longer the God of the theocracy, their King, to defend them. Thou reducest men to such a state of anarchy, by wrong going unpunished, as if there were no God. He compares the world to the sea; men to fishes; Nebuchadnezzar to a fisherman (Habakkuk 1:15-17). |
Habakkuk 1:14
And makest — Not infusing cruel appetites, but permitting them to act according to such appetite which was already in them. As the fishes — Of which the greater greedily devour the smaller. Creeping things — Which in the waters are food for the lesser fry; so the world, like the sea, is wholly oppression. No ruler — None to defend the weak, or restrain the mighty. |
Habakkuk 1:14
And makest men as the (l) fishes of the sea, as the creeping animals, [that have] no ruler over them?
(l) So that the great devours the small, and the Chaldeans destroy all the world. |
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