Habakkuk 1 · Verse 15

Habakkuk 1:15

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.
Habakkuk 1:15, King James Version

Habakkuk 1:15 in other translations

BSBThe foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
WEBHe 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.
ASVHe 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.
YLTEach 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.
DARBYHe 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:
BBEHe 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.
WebsterThey 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.

What does Habakkuk 1:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. they take up all of them--all kinds of fishes, that is, men, as captives, and all other prey that comes in their way. with the angle--that is, the hook. Some they take up as with the hook, one by one; others in shoals, as in a "net" and "drag" or enclosing net. therefore--because of their successes. they rejoice--They glory in their crimes because attended with success (compare Ha 1:11).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Habakkuk 1:12-17

However matters may be, yet God is the Lord our God, our Holy One. We are an offending people, he is an offended God, yet we will not entertain hard thoughts of him, or of his service. It is great comfort that, whatever mischief men design, the Lord designs good, and we are sure that his counsel shall stand. Though wickedness may prosper a while, yet God is holy, and does not approve the wickedness. As he cannot do…

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Habakkuk 1:15 in the original Hebrew

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כֻּלֹּה֙ku.Lohall of itH3605
בְּחַכָּ֣הbe.cha.Kahwith a fish hookH2443
הֵֽעֲלָ֔הhe.'a.Lahhe brings upH5927
יְגֹרֵ֣הוּye.go.Re.huhe drags away itH1641
בְחֶרְמ֔וֹve.cher.Moin net hisH2764
וְיַאַסְפֵ֖הוּve.ya.'as.Fe.huand he gathers itH622
בְּמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹbe.mikh.mar.Toin fishing net hisH4365
עַל\־'al-there-H5921
כֵּ֖ןken-foreH3651
יִשְׂמַ֥חyis.Machhe rejoicesH8055
וְיָגִֽיל\׃ve.ya.Giland he may be gladH1523

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Cross references for Habakkuk 1:15

  • Amos 4:2

    The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

  • Jeremiah 16:16

    Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

  • Psalms 10:9

    He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

  • John 21:6-11

    And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea. And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. …

  • Ezekiel 35:15

    As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 26:2

    Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:

  • Ezekiel 25:6

    For thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;

  • Lamentations 2:15-16

    All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

  • Matthew 17:27

    Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

  • Ezekiel 29:4-5

    But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales. And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.

  • Isaiah 19:8

    The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

  • Luke 5:5-10

    And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
take.
Jer 16:16; Eze 29:4,5; Am 4:2; Mt 17:27
they catch.
Ps 10:9; Lu 5:5-10; Joh 21:6-11
drag. or, flue-net. therefore.
Jer 50:11; La 2:15,16; Eze 25:6; 26:2; 35:15; Re 11:10

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Context

  • Habakkuk 1:14

    And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

  • Habakkuk 1:15

    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.

  • Habakkuk 1:16

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

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Habakkuk 1:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Sacará á todos con anzuelo, cogerálos con su red, y juntarálos en su aljerife: por lo cual se holgará y hará alegrías.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Il les fait tous monter avec l’hameçon; il les tire dans son filet, et les rassemble dans son rets; c’est pourquoi il se réjouit et s’égaie:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Er hebt sie alle mit der Angel herauf, er zieht sie herbei mit seinem Netze und sammelt sie in sein Garn; darum freut er sich und jubelt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Totum in hamo sublevavit, traxit illud in sagena sua, et congregavit in rete suum. Super hoc lætabitur, et exsultabit.