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Habakkuk 1:17

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Will they therefore empty their net And continually slay nations without sparing?
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Shall he, on this account, empty his net? And, the continual slaying of nations, deem to be no pity?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— For this cause therefore he spreadeth his net, and will not spare continually to slay the nations.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Shall they therefore stretch out their net and not spare continually to slay the nations?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Shall they therefore emptie their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Therefore they cast their net continually, they slay peoples without pity.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Therefore will he cast his net, and will not spare to slay the nations continually.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Shall they therefore x5921
(5921) Complement
עַל
`al
{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
x3651
(3651) Complement
כֵּן
ken
{kane}
From H3559; properly set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjugation) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles).
empty 7324
{7324} Prime
רוּק
ruwq
{rook}
A primitive root; to pour out (literally or figuratively), that is, empty.
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
their net, 2764
{2764} Prime
חֵרֶם
cherem
{khay'-rem}
From H2763; physically (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination.
and not x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
spare 2550
{2550} Prime
חָמַל
chamal
{khaw-mal'}
A primitive root; to commiserate; by implication to spare.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
continually 8548
{8548} Prime
תָּמִיד
tamiyd
{taw-meed'}
From an unused root meaning to stretch; properly continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially constantly); elliptically the regular (daily) sacrifice.
to slay 2026
{2026} Prime
הָרַג
harag
{haw-rag'}
A primitive root; to smite with deadly intent.
z8800
<8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888
the nations? 1471
{1471} Prime
גּוֹי
gowy
{go'-ee}
Apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Habakkuk 1:17

_ _ Shall they ... empty their net? — Shall they be allowed without interruption to enjoy the fruits of their violence?

_ _ therefore — seeing that they attribute all their successes to themselves, and not to Thee. The answer to the prophet’s question, he by inspiration gives himself in the second chapter.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Habakkuk 1:12-17.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Habakkuk 1:17

Empty their net — As fisher — men empty the full net to fill it again.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Habakkuk 1:17

Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay (n) the nations?

(n) Meaning, that they would not.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
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Habakkuk 1:9-10 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up [as] the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. ... And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
Habakkuk 2:5-8 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and [is] as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: ... Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and [for] the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
Habakkuk 2:17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, [which] made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
Isaiah 14:16-17 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, [and] consider thee, [saying, Is] this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; ... [That] made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; [that] opened not the house of his prisoners?
Jeremiah 25:9-26 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. ... And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which [are] upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
Jeremiah 46:1-49:39 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; ... But it shall come to pass in the latter days, [that] I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 52:1-34 Zedekiah [was] one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ... And [for] his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
Ezekiel 25:1-30:26 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, ... And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.
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Is 14:16. Jr 25:9; 46:1; 52:1. Ezk 25:1. Hab 1:9; 2:5, 17.

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