KJV King James Version
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
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Psalm 74:14
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
WEB World English Bible
You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
ASV American Standard Version
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.
Surrounding context — Psalm 74
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck [it] out of thy bosom.
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.
14 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.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
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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.Psalm 72:9They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.Job 41:1-34Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down?Psalm 104:25-26[So is] this great and wide sea, wherein [are] things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.Numbers 14:9Only 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.Job 3:8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.Exodus 14:30Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.Revelation 20:2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,Exodus 12:35-36And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
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