Bible in Basic English
"He has made men like the fishes of the sea, like the worms which have no ruler over them."
— Habakkuk 1:14, Bible in Basic English
“And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?”
“and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? ”
“and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?”
“You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea that have no ruler.”
“And thou wilt make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the creeping things that have no ruler.”
“And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?”
Then his purpose will be changed, over-stepping the limit; he will make his strength his god.
Are you not eternal, O Lord my God, my Holy One? for you there is no death. O Lord, he has been ordered by you for our punishment; and by you, O Rock, he has been marked out to put us right.
Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?
He has made men like the fishes of the sea, like the worms which have no ruler over them.
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.
For this reason he makes an offering to his net, burning perfume to his fishing-net; because by them he gets much food and his meat is fat.
For this cause his net is ever open, and there is no end to his destruction of the nations.