Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and continually slaughter nations without mercy?
New American Standard Bible
And continually
King James Version
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
International Standard Version
Is he to continue to empty his fishing net? Will he ever stop killing entire nations without mercy?"
A Conservative Version
Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to kill the nations continually?
American Standard Version
Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually?
Amplified
Will they continue to empty their net
And [mercilessly] go on destroying nations without sparing?
Bible in Basic English
For this cause his net is ever open, and there is no end to his destruction of the nations.
Darby Translation
Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?
Julia Smith Translation
For this, will he empty his net; and he will not spare to slay the nations continually.
King James 2000
Shall they therefore empty their net, and continually slay the nations without mercy?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Will he therefore empty his fishnet and continually kill nations without showing mercy?
Modern King James verseion
Shall he then empty his net, and shall he not spare to continually slay nations?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore they cast out their net again, and never cease to slay the people.
NET Bible
Will he then continue to fill and empty his throw net? Will he always destroy nations and spare none?
New Heart English Bible
Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?
The Emphasized Bible
Shall he, on this account, empty his net? And, the continual slaying of nations, deem to be no pity?
Webster
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
World English Bible
Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?
Youngs Literal Translation
Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?
Interlinear
Cherem
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Habakkuk 1:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Habakkuk's Second Complaint
16
and burn incense to their fishing net,
for by these things their portion is rich
and their food plentiful.
and continually slaughter nations without mercy?
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 14:6
with unceasing blows.
It subdued the nations in rage
with relentless persecution.
Isaiah 14:16-17
they will look closely at you:
“Is this the man who caused the earth to tremble,
who shook the kingdoms,
Isaiah 19:8
All those who cast hooks into the Nile will lament,
and those who spread nets on the water will shrivel up.
Jeremiah 25:9-26
I am going to send for all the families of the north’
Jeremiah 46:1-28
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the nations:
Jeremiah 52:1-34
Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king and reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
Ezekiel 25:1-17
Then the word of the Lord came to me:
Habakkuk 1:9-10
their faces
They gather
Habakkuk 2:5-8
an arrogant man is never at rest.
He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
and like Death he is never satisfied.
He gathers all the nations to himself;
he collects all the peoples for himself.
Habakkuk 2:17
will overwhelm you;
the destruction of animals will terrify you
because of your human bloodshed and violence
against lands, cities, and all who live in them.