Habakkuk 1:16

Translations

Modern

Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.

Traditional

Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

Literal

Upon thus he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his portion is rich and his food fat.

Latin

Propterea immolabit sagenæ suæ, et sacrificabit reti suo, quia in ipsis incrassata est pars ejus, et cibus ejus electus.

Original

Hebrew

English

Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.

Notes

Habakkuk 1:16

See study note on Habakkuk 1:11; compare 1 John 5:21.

Habakkuk 1:12–2:1

Habakkuk struggled to understand how God's answer in Habakkuk 1:5–11 fit with God's character. How could a holy and just God punish Judah using a people more unrighteous than they were?

Events

Prophecies of Habakkukc. 607 BC

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