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Why Have You Rejected Us Forever?

Psalms 74:14

In 11 translations

BSB
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
KJV
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
WEB
You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
ASV
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
LSV
You have broken the heads of leviathan, || You make him food for the people of desert-dwellers.
YLT
Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.
DBY
Thou didst break in pieces the heads of leviathan, thou gavest him to be meat to those that people the desert.
DRC73:14
Thou hast broken the heads of the dragon: thou hast given him to be meat for the people of the Ethiopians.
GNV
Thou brakest the head of Liuiathan in pieces, and gauest him to be meate for the people in wildernesse.
JPS
Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, Thou gavest him to be food to the folk inhabiting the wilderness.
LXXE73:14
Thou didst break to pieces the heads of the dragon; thou didst give him for meat to the Ethiopian nations.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אַתָּ֣ה רִ֭צַּצְתָּ רָאשֵׁ֣י לִוְיָתָ֑ן תִּתְּנֶ֥נּוּ מַ֝אֲכָ֗ל לְעָ֣ם לְצִיִּֽים׃
LXX-Br73:14
ἔδωκας αὐτὸν βρῶμα λαοῖς τοῖς Αἰθίοψι.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent —Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
  • Psalms 72:9May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.
  • Job 41:1–34“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope? Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook? Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly? Will he make a covenant…
  • Psalms 104:25–26Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small. There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
  • Job 3:8May it be cursed by those who curse the day — those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
  • Numbers 14:9Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!”
  • Revelation 20:2He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
  • Exodus 12:35–36Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing. And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their…
  • Exodus 14:30That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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