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Psalms 74:14

You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.

World English Bible

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

13You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

15You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:35The children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing.

Numbers 14:9Only don’t rebel against the LORD, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us. Their defense is removed from over them, and the LORD is with us. Don’t fear them.”

Job 41:1“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fish hook, or press down his tongue with a cord?

Psalms 104:25There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.

Revelation 20:2He seized the dragon, the old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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