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


In Context

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 1:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, for by his net he lives in luxury and enjoys the choicest food.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Therefore will he offer victims to his drag, and he will sacrifice to his net: because through them his portion is made fat, and his meat dainty.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plenteous.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; for by them his portion is become fat, and his meat dainty.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his meat plenteous.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16Therefore they sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their food plenteous.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16Therefore he doth sacrifice to his net, And doth make perfume to his drag, For by them is his portion fertile, and his food fat.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Therefore they sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.