14And Thou makest man as fishes of the sea, As a creeping thing — none ruling over him.


In Context

11 Then passed on hath the spirit, Yea, he doth transgress, And doth ascribe this his power to his god.

12 Art not Thou of old, O Jehovah, my God, my Holy One? We do not die, O Jehovah, For judgment Thou hast appointed it, And, O Rock, for reproof Thou hast founded it.

13 Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he,

14 And Thou makest man as fishes of the sea, As a creeping thing — none ruling over him.

15 Each 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.

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

Habakkuk 1:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:14And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, [that have] no ruler over them?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:14You have made men like fish in the sea, like sea creatures that have no ruler.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:14And thou wilt make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the creeping things that have no ruler.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:14and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:14And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping animals that have no ruler over them?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:14And thou makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:14and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:14and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:14And make men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?