Bible in Basic English
"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."
— Habakkuk 1:15, Bible in Basic English
“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.”
“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 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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
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.