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Psalms 74:14

12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
KJV
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
WEB
You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
ASV
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
DARBY
*Thou* didst break in pieces the heads of leviathan, thou gavest him to be meat to those that people the desert.
BLB
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You gave him [as] food to the people of the dry places.
ÅB
Du sønderslo Leviatans[^1] hoder, du gav den til føde for ørkenens folk.
OTB
Du knuste hodene på Leviatan;
Du ga ham som mat til skapningene i ørkenen.
B1930
Du sønderslo Leviatans hoder, du gav den til føde for ørkenens folk. / < d.e. et stort sjødyr.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 27:1

    In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

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  • Job 41:1–34

    Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

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  • Psalms 72:9

    They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

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  • Psalms 104:25–26

    So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.

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  • Job 3:8

    Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

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  • Numbers 14:9

    Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

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  • Exodus 14:30

    Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.

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  • Revelation 20:2

    And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

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