Habakkuk 1:14
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?
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.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.
- KJV
- And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
- WEB
- and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things that have no ruler over them?
- ASV
- and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
- DARBY
- And thou makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them.
- BLB
- And You make mankind like the fish of the sea, like creeping things without one ruling over them.
- ÅB
- Du har jo gjort med menneskene som med havets fisker, som med krypet, som ingen herre har!
- OTB
- Du har gjort menneskene som havets fisker,
som kryp som ikke har noen hersker. - B1930
- Du har jo gjort med menneskene som med havets fisker, som med krypet, som ingen herre har!