Psalm 74:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, And gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ You crushed the heads of Leviathan (Egypt); You did give him as food for the creatures inhabiting the wilderness.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ You crushed Leviathan’s heads. You gave it to the desert dwellers for food!

Psalm 74:14 Cross References

Isaiah 27:1

On that day the Lord with his cruel and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.

Psalm 72:9

May his foes bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust.

Job 3:8

Let those curse it who curse the Sea, those who are skilled to rouse up Leviathan.

Numbers 14:9

Only, do not rebel against the Lord, and do not fear the people of the land, for they are no more than bread for us; their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.”

Exodus 14:30

Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.

Revelation 20:2

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years