14 You make mankind like the fish of the sea,
    like crawling things that have no ruler.

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14 You have made people like the fish in the sea,
    like the sea creatures that have no ruler.

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15 (A)He[a] brings all of them up (B)with a hook;
    he drags them out with his net;
he gathers them in his dragnet;
    so he rejoices and is glad.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:15 That is, the wicked foe

15 The wicked(A) foe pulls all of them up with hooks,(B)
    he catches them in his net,(C)
he gathers them up in his dragnet;
    and so he rejoices and is glad.

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17 Is he then to keep on emptying his net
    (A)and mercilessly killing nations forever?

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17 Is he to keep on emptying his net,
    destroying nations without mercy?(A)

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