KJV King James Version
There go the ships: [there is] that leviathan, [whom] thou hast made to play therein.
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Psalm 104:26
There go the ships: [there is] that leviathan, [whom] thou hast made to play therein.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
WEB World English Bible
There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
ASV American Standard Version
There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it.
Surrounding context — Psalm 104
23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
25 [So is] this great and wide sea, wherein [are] things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
26 There go the ships: [there is] that leviathan, [whom] thou hast made to play therein.
27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give [them] their meat in due season.
28 [That] thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
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Psalm 107:23They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;Psalm 74:14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.Isaiah 27:1In 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.Job 41:1-34Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down?Ezekiel 27:9The ancients of Gebal and the wise [men] thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.Job 3:8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.Genesis 49:13Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he [shall be] for an haven of ships; and his border [shall be] unto Zidon.
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