Habakkuk

Habakkuk 1:14–15

¹⁴You have made men like the fish of the sea,

like creeping things that have no ruler.

¹⁵The foe pulls all of them up^d with a hook;

he catches them in his dragnet,

and gathers them in his fishing net;

so he rejoices gladly.

Footnotes

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You have made	וַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה	wat·ta·‘ă·śeh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
men	אָדָ֖ם	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
like the fish	כִּדְגֵ֣י	kiḏ·ḡê	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1709 fish
of the sea	הַיָּ֑ם	hay·yām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea
like creeping things	כְּרֶ֖מֶשׂ	kə·re·meś	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H7431 creeping things, moving things
no	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
ruler	מֹשֵׁ֥ל	mō·šêl	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H4910 rule, have dominion, reign

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
pulls all of them	כֻּלֹּה֙	kul·lōh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3605 the whole, all
up	הֵֽעֲלָ֔ה	hê·‘ă·lāh	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
with a hook	בְּחַכָּ֣ה	bə·ḥak·kāh	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular	H2443 hook
he catches them	יְגֹרֵ֣הוּ	yə·ḡō·rê·hū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H1641 drag, drag away
in his dragnet	בְחֶרְמ֔וֹ	ḇə·ḥer·mōw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2764 devoted thing
and gathers them	וְיַאַסְפֵ֖הוּ	wə·ya·’as·p̄ê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H622 gather, remove
in his fishing net	בְּמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹ	bə·miḵ·mar·tōw	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4365 net, fishing-net
so	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
he rejoices gladly	יִשְׂמַ֥ח	yiś·maḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H8055 rejoice, be glad

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Habakkuk 1:15 Jeremiah 16:16 · Amos 4:2 · Psalm 10:9 · John 21:6–11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.