15They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.


In Context

12 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.

13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

15 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.

16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

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

Habakkuk 1:15 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:15The wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks, he catches them in his net, he gathers them up in his dragnet; and so he rejoices and is glad.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:15He lifted up all them with his hook, he drew them in his drag, and gathered them into his net: for this he will be glad and rejoice.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:15He taketh up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15He taketh up all of them with the hook, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them into his drag; therefore he rejoiceth and is glad:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:15He taketh up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15He takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net, and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15Each of them with a hook he hath brought up, He doth catch it in his net, and gathereth it in his drag, Therefore he doth joy and rejoice.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:15They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.