InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
Hab 1 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V15 V16 V17
OET-LV And_you_have_made humankind like_the_fish(es)_of the_sea like_creeping_thing[s] which_not a_ruler in/on/over_him/it.
OET (OET-RV) ⇔ You’ve made those people like the fish of the sea—
⇔ like reptiles that have no ruler.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
וַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אָדָ֖ם כִּדְגֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם
(Some words not found in UHB: and,you_have_made humankind like,the_fish(es)_of the=sea like,creeping_thing[s] not have_~_ruler in/on/over=him/it )
Habakkuk is comparing helpless humans to the fish of the sea, which can be caught without resistance. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this comparison in another way. Alternate translation: [And you make man as helpless as the fish of the sea]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
כְּרֶ֖מֶשׂ לֹא־מֹשֵׁ֥ל בּֽוֹ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,you_have_made humankind like,the_fish(es)_of the=sea like,creeping_thing[s] not have_~_ruler in/on/over=him/it )
Habakkuk is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and you make man like a creeping thing with no ruler over it]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
כְּרֶ֖מֶשׂ לֹא־מֹשֵׁ֥ל בּֽוֹ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,you_have_made humankind like,the_fish(es)_of the=sea like,creeping_thing[s] not have_~_ruler in/on/over=him/it )
Habakkuk is comparing humans to a creeping thing that has no one to protect or lead it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this comparison in another way. Alternate translation: [like creatures that have no one to protect them]
OET-LV And_you_have_made humankind like_the_fish(es)_of the_sea like_creeping_thing[s] which_not a_ruler in/on/over_him/it.
OET (OET-RV) ⇔ You’ve made those people like the fish of the sea—
⇔ like reptiles that have no ruler.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.