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Isaiah 27:1

In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

KJV

In die illa visitabit Dominus in gladio suo duro, et grandi, et forti, super Leviathan, serpentem vectem, et super Leviathan, serpentem tortuosum, et occidet cetum qui in mari est.

Vulgate

Τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἐπάξει ὁ θεὸς τὴν μάχαιραν τὴν ἁγίαν καὶ τὴν μεγάλην καὶ τὴν ἰσχυρὰν ἐπὶ τὸν δράκοντα ὄφιν φεύγοντα, ἐπὶ τὸν δράκοντα ὄφιν σκολιόν, ἀνελεῖ τὸν δράκοντα.

LXX

In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.

ASV

בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/ה֡וּא יִפְקֹ֣ד יְהוָה֩ בְּ/חַרְב֨/וֹ הַ/קָּשָׁ֜ה וְ/הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֣ה וְ/הַֽ/חֲזָקָ֗ה עַ֤ל לִוְיָתָן֙ נָחָ֣שׁ בָּרִ֔חַ וְ/עַל֙ לִוְיָתָ֔ן נָחָ֖שׁ עֲקַלָּת֑וֹן וְ/הָרַ֥ג אֶת הַ/תַּנִּ֖ין אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּ/יָּֽם

Hebrew

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Symbols Dragon

In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בָּרִ֔חַ
brch
noun · 3×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
ה
h
noun · 393×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הֶ֑ם
hm
verb · 303×
חֲזָקָ֔ה
chzqh
adjective · 56×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
לִוְיָתָן֙
lvytn
noun · 5×
ם
m
verb · 167×
נָּחָ֖שׁ
nchsh
noun · 31×
עֲקַלָּת֑וֹן
'qltvn
adjective · 1×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
קְשֵׁה
qshh
adjective · 36×
תַנִּֽין
tnyn
noun · 26×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Rev 12:3 · echo
    "And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads."
    Isaiah: Leviathan the dragon — the great red dragon

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 3:8 — He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
  • Amos 9:3 — And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he s
  • Deut 32:41 — If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
  • Deut 32:41 — If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
  • Deut 33:29 — Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou
  • Ezek 29:3 — Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have mad
  • Ezek 29:3 — Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have mad
  • Ezek 32:2 — Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, an
  • Ezek 32:2 — Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, an
  • Gen 3:1 — Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
  • Isa 12:1 — And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
  • Isa 26:1 — In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
  • Isa 26:21 — For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
  • Isa 28:2 — Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
  • Isa 34:5 — For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
  • Isa 51:9 — Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
  • Isa 51:9 — Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
  • Isa 65:25 — The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
  • Isa 66:16 — For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
  • Isa 66:16 — For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
  • Jer 47:6 — O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
  • Jer 51:13 — O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
  • Jer 51:34 — Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cas
  • Job 3:8 — Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
  • Job 12:1 — And Job answered and said,
  • Job 26:13 — By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
  • Job 26:13 — By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
  • Job 40:19 — He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
  • Job 41:1 — Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
  • Luke 11:22 — But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
  • Mark 3:27 — No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
  • Ps 45:3 — Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
  • Ps 74:13 — Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
  • Ps 74:14 — Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
  • Ps 91:13 — Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
  • Ps 104:26 — There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
  • Ps 104:26 — There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
  • Ps 148:7 — Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
  • Rev 2:16 — Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
  • Rev 12:3 — And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.