The Bible Software
bible.software › Psalms › Psalms 74 › Psalms 74:14

Psalms 74:14

*Thou* didst break in pieces the heads of leviathan, thou gavest him to be meat to those that people the desert.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13*Thou* didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the monsters on the waters:

15*Thou* didst cleave fountain and torrent, *thou* driedst up ever-flowing rivers.

Read all of Psalms 74

Cross References

Exodus 12:35And the children of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, and they had asked of the Egyptians utensils of silver, and utensils of gold, and clothing.

Numbers 14:9only rebel not against Jehovah; and fear not the people of the land; for they shall be our food. Their defence is departed from them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not.

Job 41:1Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?

Psalms 104:25Yonder is the great and wide sea: therein are moving things innumerable, living creatures small and great.

Revelation 20:2And he laid hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent who is [the] devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

Matthew Henry on Psalms 74:13-18

Acknowledgments of Divine Power. 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… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

Study Psalms 74:14

Matthew HenryJamieson-Fausset-BrownAdam ClarkeJohn WesleyJohn CalvinKeil and DelitzschCharles SpurgeonScofieldFamily Bible NotesGeneva Bible Notes (1599)
← Psalms 74:13Psalms 74Psalms 74:15 →