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Psalms 74:15

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

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

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.

17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

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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 broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
KJV
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
WEB
You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.
ASV
Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
DARBY
*Thou* didst cleave fountain and torrent, *thou* driedst up ever-flowing rivers.
BLB
You burst open spring and stream; You dried up the enduring rivers.
ÅB
Du lot kilde og bekk bryte fram, du uttørket evige strømmer.
OTB
Du åpnet kilder og strømmer;
Du tørket opp evige bekker.
B1930
Du lot kilde og bekk bryte frem, du uttørket evige strømmer.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 20:11

    And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.

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  • Exodus 17:5–6

    And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.

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  • Joshua 3:13–17

    And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.

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  • Psalms 105:41

    He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

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  • Isaiah 48:21

    And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

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  • Joshua 2:10

    For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

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  • Isaiah 44:27

    That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

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  • Exodus 14:21–22

    And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

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