HAB 1:15 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) The invader brings them all up with a fishhook.
⇔ ≈He drags them up with his fishing net.
⇔ He catches them all in his drag net,
⇔ which makes him happily celebrate.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Συντέλειαν ἐν ἀγκίστρῳ ἀνέσπασεν, καὶ εἵλκυσεν αὐτὸν ἐν ἀμφιβλήστρῳ, καὶ συνήγαγεν αὐτὸν ἐν ταῖς σαγήναις αὐτοῦ· ἕνεκεν τούτου εὐφρανθήσεται καὶ χαρήσεται ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ.
(Sunteleian en agkistrōi anespasen, kai heilkusen auton en amfiblaʸstrōi, kai sunaʸgagen auton en tais sagaʸnais autou; heneken toutou eufranthaʸsetai kai ⱪaraʸsetai haʸ kardia autou. )

BrTr He has brought up destruction with a hook, and drawn one with a casting net, and caught another in his drags: therefore shall his heart rejoice and be glad.

ULT He brings all of them up with a fishhook;
⇔ he drags men away in his fishnet;
⇔ he gathers them together in his dragnet;
⇔ so he rejoices and he is glad.

UST The soldiers of Babylonia think that we are fish for them to pull out of the sea with hooks
⇔ or to catch in their nets, while they rejoice and celebrate.

BSB [The foe] pulls all of them up[fn] with a hook;
⇔  he catches them in his dragnet,
⇔  and gathers them in his fishing net;
⇔  so he rejoices gladly

MSB [The foe] pulls all of them up[fn] with a hook;
⇔  he catches them in his dragnet,
⇔  and gathers them in his fishing net;
⇔  so he rejoices gladly

OEB The wicked sweep them all into their nets,
⇔ and gather them into their drag-nets,
⇔ and rejoice and celebrate.

WEBBE He takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook;
⇔ he hauls them in with his throw net.
⇔ When he catches them in his dragnet,
⇔ he is very happy.

LSV He has brought up each of them with a hook,
He catches it in his net, and gathers it in his dragnet,
Therefore he delights and rejoices.

FBV They[fn] drag everyone up with hooks, they pull them out with nets, catching them in dragnets. Then they happily celebrate.

1:15 The Babylonians.

T4T The soldiers of Babylonia think that we are fish [RHQ] for them to pull out of the sea with hooks
⇔ or to catch in their nets,
⇔ while they rejoice and celebrate.

LEB No LEB HAB book available

BBE He takes them all up with his hook, he takes them in his net, getting them together in his fishing-net: for which cause he is glad and full of joy.

Moff No Moff HAB book available

JPS 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 exult.

ASV He taketh up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad.

DRA He lifted up all them with his hook, he drew them in his drag, and gathered them into his net: for this he will be glad and rejoice.

YLT 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.

Drby He taketh up all of them with the hook, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them into his drag; therefore he rejoiceth and is glad:

RV He taketh up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad.
(He taketh/takes up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth/gathers them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth/rejoices and is glad. )

SLT And he brought up a completion with the book, he will drag him in his net, and he will gather him in his fishnet: for this he will rejoice and be glad.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.[fn]

1.15 drag: or, flue net

KJB-1611 They take vp all of them with the angle: they catch them in their net, and gather them in their [fn]dragge; therefore they reioyce and are glad.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

1:15 Or, flue-net

Bshps No Bshps HAB book available

Gnva They take vp all with the angle: they catch it in their net, and gather it in their yarne, whereof they reioyce and are glad.
(They take up all with the angle: they catch it in their net, and gather it in their yarn, whereof they rejoice and are glad. )

Cvdl No Cvdl HAB book available

Wycl No Wycl HAB book available

Luth No Luth HAB book available

ClVg Totum in hamo sublevavit, traxit illud in sagena sua, et congregavit in rete suum. Super hoc lætabitur, et exsultabit.
(Totum in/into/on hamo sublevavit, traxit it/this/that in/into/on net his_own, and congregavit in/into/on rete his_own. Above/Over this he_will_rejoice, and exsultabit. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT HAB book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

(Occurrence 0) He brings … he drags … his fishnet … he gathers … his dragnet … he rejoices … he is glad

(Some words not found in UHB: all_of,them in/on/at/with,hook brings_~_up drags_~_out,them in/on/at/with,net_of,his and,gathers,them in/on/at/with,fishing_net_of,his on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so rejoices and,glad )

The words “he” and “his” refer to a Babylonian solider who represents all of the Babylonian soldiers. These pronouns can be stated as plural. Alternate translation: “They bring … they drag … their fishnets … they gather … their dragnet … they rejoice … they are glad”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

(Occurrence 0) all of them … drags men away … gathers them

Here “them” and “men” refer to people in general. This can be stated in first person to include Habakkuk as one of the people. Alternate translation: “all of us … drags us away … gathers us”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) He brings all of them up with a fishhook … in his dragnet

Habakkuk speaks of the Chaldeans conquering people easily as if the people were fish that the Chaldeans catch with fishhooks and fishnets.

(Occurrence 0) fishhook … fishnet … dragnet

tools used to catch fish

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