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Psalms 74:14

Thou hast broken the heads of the dragon: thou hast given him to be meat for the people of the Ethiopians.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

13Thou by thy strength didst make the sea firm: thou didst crush the heads of the dragons in the waters.

15Thou hast broken up the fountains and the torrents: thou hast dried up the Ethan rivers.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:35And the children of Israel did as Moses had commanded: and they asked of the Egyptians vessels of silver and gold, and very much raiment.

Numbers 14:9Be not rebellious against the Lord: and fear ye not the people of this land, for we are able to eat them up as bread. All aid is gone from them: the Lord is with us, fear ye not.

Job 41:1I will not stir him up, like one that is cruel : for who can resist my countenance?

Psalms 104:25So is this great sea, which stretcheth wide its arms: there are creeping things without number: Creatures little and great.

Revelation 20:2And he laid hold on the dragon the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and bound him for 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 →

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