the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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THE MESSAGE
Habakkuk 1:14
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You have made mankindlike the fish of the sea,like marine creatures that have no ruler.
and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
And makest men as the fishes of the Sea, as the creeping things, that haue no ruler ouer them.
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
You make mankind like the fish of the sea, like crawling things that have no ruler.
Why have You made people like the fish of the sea, Like crawling things that have no ruler over them?
You treat people like fish in the sea, like sea animals without a leader.
Why do You make men like the fish of the sea, Like reptiles and creeping things that have no ruler [and are helpless against their enemies]?
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, and as the creeping things, that haue no ruler ouer them.
Why have You made men like the fish of the sea, Like creeping things without a ruler over them?
And You have made men like the fish of the sea,Like creeping things without a ruler over them.
You have made men like the fish of the sea, like sea creatures with no ruler.
The people you put on this earth are like fish or reptiles without a leader.
You make people like fish in the sea, like reptiles that have no ruler.
And thou makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them.
You made people like fish in the sea. They are like little sea animals without a leader.
And thou didst make men as the fish of the sea, as the creeping things that have no ruler over them.
How can you treat people like fish or like a swarm of insects that have no ruler to direct them?
You make humankind like fish of the sea, like crawling creatures that have no ruler among them.
For You make man like the fish of the sea, like creeping things with no ruler over him.
and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
He has made men like the fishes of the sea, like the worms which 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 makest men as the fishe of the sea, and as the creeping thinges that haue no ruler ouer them.
And wilt thou make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the reptiles which have no guide?
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?
And thou schalt make men as fischis of the see, and as a crepynge thing not hauynge prince.
and make man as the fish 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 animals [that have] no ruler over them?
You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea that have no ruler.
Why do You make men like fish of the sea, Like creeping things that have no ruler over them?
Are we only fish to be caught and killed? Are we only sea creatures that have no leader?
Why have You made men like the fish of the sea, like things which move along the ground that have no ruler?
You have made people like the fish of the sea, like crawling things that have no ruler.
So wouldst thou have made Men, like the fishes of the sea, - like the creeping thing that hath no ruler over it:
And thou wilt make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the creeping things that have no ruler.
For thou makest men like the fish of the sea, like crawling things that have no ruler.
And Thou makest man as fishes of the sea, As a creeping thing -- none ruling over him.
Thou makest men as the fish in the see, and like as the crepinge beestes, that haue no gyde.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
creeping: or, moving
no: Proverbs 6:7
Reciprocal: Job 9:24 - earth Ecclesiastes 9:12 - as the fishes Isaiah 59:15 - he that Jeremiah 5:26 - lay wait Jeremiah 16:16 - I will send Ezekiel 29:4 - the fish Ezekiel 32:3 - General
Cross-References
First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don't see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
God spoke: "Light!" And light appeared. God saw that light was good and separated light from dark. God named the light Day, he named the dark Night. It was evening, it was morning— Day One.
God spoke: "Sky! In the middle of the waters; separate water from water!" God made sky. He separated the water under sky from the water above sky. And there it was: he named sky the Heavens; It was evening, it was morning— Day Two.
God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was. God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.
God spoke: "Lights! Come out! Shine in Heaven's sky! Separate Day from Night. Mark seasons and days and years, Lights in Heaven's sky to give light to Earth." And there it was.
God made two big lights, the larger to take charge of Day, The smaller to be in charge of Night; and he made the stars. God placed them in the heavenly sky to light up Earth And oversee Day and Night, to separate light and dark. God saw that it was good. It was evening, it was morning— Day Four.
God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!" God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good. God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!" It was evening, it was morning— Day Five.
God spoke: "Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth." God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God's nature. He created them male and female. God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge! Be responsible for fish in the sea and birds in the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of Earth."
God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good! It was evening, it was morning— Day Six.
For as long as Earth lasts, planting and harvest, cold and heat, Summer and winter, day and night will never stop."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And makest men as the fishes of the sea,.... That is, sufferest them to be used as the fishes of the sea, which are easily taken in the net, and are common to everyone; whosoever will may take them up, and kill them, and use them for their food; and which also among themselves are often hardly used, the lesser being devoured by the greater; and in like manner the prophet suggests, that the people of the Jews, who were men made after the image of God, and made for society and usefulness, and moreover were God's covenant people; and it might have been expected, that a more special providence would have attended them, more than other men, and especially than what attended the fishes of the sea; yet it looked as if there were no more care taken of them than of these:
as the creeping things [that have] no ruler over them; not the creeping things of the earth, but of the water, the lesser sort of fishes that move in the water; or those that more properly creep, as crabs, prawns, and shrimps; see Psalms 104:25 who have none to protect and defend them, and restrain others from taking and hurting them: this may seem contrary to what Aristotle d and Pliny e say of some fishes, that they go in company, and have a leader or governor; but, as Bochart f observes, it is one thing to be a leader of the way, a guide and director, which way to steer their course in swimming; and another thing to be as the general of an army, to protect and defend, or under whose directions they might defend themselves; such an one the prophet denies they had: and so, the prophet complains, this was the case of the Jews; they were exposed to the cruelty of their enemies, as if there was no God that governed in the world, and no providence to direct and order things for the preservation of men, and to keep good men from being hurt by evil men; or those that were weak and feeble from being oppressed by the powerful and mighty; this he reasons with the Lord about, and was desirous of an answer to it.
d Hist. Animal. l. 8. c. 13. e Nat. Hist. l. 9. c. 15. f Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 1. c. 6. col. 39.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And makest men as the fishes of the sea - mute, helpless, in a stormy, restless element, no cry heard, but themselves swept away in shoals, with no power to resist.
As the creeping things - whether of the land (as it is mostly used), or the sea Psalms 104:25. Either way, it is a contemptuous name for the lowest of either.
That have no ruler over them - none to guide, order, protect them, and so a picture of man deprived of the care and providence of God.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Habakkuk 1:14. Makest men as the fishes of the sea — Easily are we taken and destroyed. We have no leader to guide us, and no power to defend ourselves. Nebuchadnezzar is here represented as a fisherman, who is constantly casting his nets into the sea, and enclosing multitudes of fishes; and, being always successful, he sacrifices to his own net-attributes all his conquests to his own power and prudence; not considering that he is only like a net that after having been used for a while, shall at last be thrown by as useless, or burnt in the fire.
