Habakkuk 1:16
“Therefore they sacrifice vnto their net, and burne incense vnto their drag: because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.”
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Habakkuk 1:16 Context
14And makest men as the fishes of the Sea, as the creeping things, that haue no ruler ouer them. 15They take vp all of them with the angle: they catch them in their net, and gather them in their dragge; therefore they reioyce and are glad. 16Therefore they sacrifice vnto their net, and burne incense vnto their drag: because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. 17Shall they therefore emptie their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
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Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion [is] fat, and their meat plenteous.
- King James Version
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.
- New American Standard Version (1995)