American Standard Version
"Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually? "
— Habakkuk 1:17, American Standard Version
“Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? ”
“Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?”
“Will he then continue to fill and empty his throw net? Will he always destroy nations and spare none?”
“For this cause therefore he spreadeth his net, and will not spare continually to slay the nations. ”
“For this cause his net is ever open, and there is no end to his destruction of the nations.”
“Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? ”
and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
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.
Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plenteous.
Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually?