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Psalms 74:14

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

Revised Version 1895

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 didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

15Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

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Cross References

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

Numbers 14:9Only rebel not against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is removed from over them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

Job 41:1Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?

Psalms 104:25Yonder is the sea, great and wide, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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