Psalms 104:26
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
KJV
Misit Moysen servum suum ; Aaron quem elegit ipsum.
Vulgate
ἐξαπέστειλεν Μωυσῆν τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ, Ἀαρὼν ὃν ἐξελέξατο αὐτόν·
LXX
There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein.
ASV
שָׁ֭ם אֳנִיּ֣וֹת יְהַלֵּכ֑וּ/ן לִ֝וְיָתָ֗ן זֶֽה יָצַ֥רְתָּ לְ/שַֽׂחֶק בּֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֳנִיּ֣וֹת
'nyvt
noun · 32×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
וֹ
v
verb · 63×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
לִוְיָתָן֙
lvytn
noun · 5×
מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים
mshchqym
verb · 35×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
City of God · 2 passages
Chapter 15.—How We are to Understand the Words, “The Devil Sinneth from the Beginning.” As for what John says about the devil, “The devil sinneth from the beginning”479479 1 John iii. 8. they480480 The Manichæans. who suppose it is meant hereby that the devil was made with a sinful nature, misunderstand it; for if sin be natural, it is not sin at all. And how do they answer the…
Chapter 17.—That the Flaw of Wickedness is Not Nature, But Contrary to Nature, and Has Its Origin, Not in the Creator, But in the Will. It is with reference to the nature, then, and not to the wickedness of the devil, that we are to understand these words, “This is the beginning of God’s handiwork;”485485 Job. xl. 14 (LXX.). for, without doubt, wickedness can be a flaw or vice4…
Cross-references
- Isa 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.
- Isa 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.
- Job 40:20 — Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
- Job 41:1 — Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
- Ps 74:14 — Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
- Ps 107:23 — They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;