Habakkuk 1:16
New International Version
Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, for by his net he lives in luxury and enjoys the choicest food.

New Living Translation
Then they will worship their nets and burn incense in front of them. “These nets are the gods who have made us rich!” they will claim.

English Standard Version
Therefore he sacrifices to his net and makes offerings to his dragnet; for by them he lives in luxury, and his food is rich.

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.

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

New King James Version
Therefore they sacrifice to their net, And burn incense to their dragnet; Because by them their share is sumptuous And their food plentiful.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net And burn incense to their fishing net, Because through these things their catch is large, And their food is plentiful.

NASB 1995
Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net And burn incense to their fishing net; Because through these things their catch is large, And their food is plentiful.

NASB 1977
Therefore, they offer a sacrifice to their net. And burn incense to their fishing net; Because through these things their catch is large, And their food is plentiful.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net And burn incense to their fishing net Because through these things their portion is rich And their food is fat.

Amplified Bible
Therefore, they offer sacrifices to their net And burn incense to their fishing net; Because through these things their catch is large and they live luxuriously, And their food is plentiful.

Christian Standard Bible
That is why they sacrifice to their dragnet and burn incense to their fishing net, for by these things their portion is rich and their food plentiful.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
That is why they sacrifice to their dragnet and burn incense to their fishing net, for by these things their portion is rich and their food plentiful.

American Standard Version
Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plenteous.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he sacrifices to his net and lays incense to his dragnet, because by them his portion is made fat and his food is choice

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Therefore will he sacrifice to his drag, and burn incense to his casting-net, because by them he has made his portion fat, and his meats choice.

Contemporary English Version
that he offers sacrifices to his fishing nets, because they make him rich and provide choice foods.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore will he offer victims to his drag, and he will sacrifice to his net: because through them his portion is made fat, and his meat dainty.

English Revised Version
Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his meat plenteous.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
That is why they sacrifice to their nets and burn incense to their dragnets. They are rich and well fed because of them.

Good News Translation
They even worship their nets and offer sacrifices to them, because their nets provide them with the best of everything.

International Standard Version
Therefore he sacrifices to his fishing net, and burns incense in the presence of his dragnet, because by them his assets increase and he gets plenty of food.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, And offer unto their drag; Because by them their portion is fat, And their food plenteous.

Literal Standard Version
Therefore he sacrifices to his net, | And makes incense to his dragnet, | For by them [is] his portion fertile, and his food fat.

Majority Standard Bible
Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.

New American Bible
Therefore he makes sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his fishing net; For thanks to them his portion is rich, and his meal lavish.

NET Bible
Because of his success he offers sacrifices to his throw net and burns incense to his dragnet; for because of them he has plenty of food, and more than enough to eat.

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore he sacrifices to his net and makes offerings to his seine; for by them his portion is lavish, and his food is rich.

New Heart English Bible
Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good.

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore they sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their food plenteous.

World English Bible
Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious and his food is good.

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore he doth sacrifice to his net, And doth make perfume to his drag, For by them is his portion fertile, and his food fat.

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Context
Habakkuk's Second Complaint
15The 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. 16Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich. 17Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?…

Cross References
Psalm 22:29
All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him--even those unable to preserve their lives.

Jeremiah 44:8
Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.

Jeremiah 44:17
Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.

Habakkuk 1:11
Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god."


Treasury of Scripture

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

they.

Habakkuk 1:11
Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.

Deuteronomy 8:17
And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

Isaiah 10:13-15
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: …

plenteous.

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Habakkuk 1
1. Unto Habakkuk, complaining of the iniquity of the land,
5. is shown the fearful vengeance by the Chaldeans.
12. He complains that vengeance should be executed by them who are far worse.














(16) The prophet has already stated that the Chaldaean deifies his own military prowess. Of this statement the present verse is an expansion. Weapons of war may have been literally worshipped by the Babylonians. Similarly, the Sarmatians offered yearly sacrifices to a sword, as the emblem of their god of war (Clem. Alex. Protrept. 64). The Romans also sacrificed to their eagles. But probably the language is metaphorical, and we need not seek a closer illustration than that of Dr. Pusey,--"So the Times said at the beginning of the late war, 'The French almost worshipped the mitrailleuse as a goddess.' 'They idolised, it would say, their invention, as if it could do what God alone could.'"

Verse 16. - Therefore they sacrifice unto their net. This is spoken metaphorically, implying that the Babylonians recognized not God's hand, but attributed their success to the means which they employed (comp. ver. 11; Isaiah 10:13 etc.). There is no trace in the monuments of the Chaldeans paying divine honours to their weapons, as, accord-lug to Herodotus (4:62), the Scythians and other nations did (see Justin, 'Hist.,' 43:3; and Pusey's note here). What a man trusts in becomes a god to him. Their portion is fat; his portion is rich. He gains great wealth. Their meat plenteous; his meat dainty. He is prosperous and luxurious.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Therefore
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

they sacrifice
יְזַבֵּ֣חַ (yə·zab·bê·aḥ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice

to their dragnet
לְחֶרְמ֔וֹ (lə·ḥer·mōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2764: A net, a doomed object, extermination

and burn incense
וִֽיקַטֵּ֖ר (wî·qaṭ·ṭêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6999: To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire

to their fishing net,
לְמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹ (lə·miḵ·mar·tōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4365: A net, fishing net

for
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

by these
בָהֵ֙מָּה֙ (ḇā·hêm·māh)
Preposition-b | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

things their portion
חֶלְק֔וֹ (ḥel·qōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2506: Portion, tract, territory

is sumptuous
שָׁמֵ֣ן (šā·mên)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 8082: Greasy, gross, rich

and their food
וּמַאֲכָל֖וֹ (ū·ma·’ă·ḵā·lōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3978: An eatable

is rich.
בְּרִאָֽה׃ (bə·ri·’āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 1277: Fatted, plump


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