Psalms 74:13

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“You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;”

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BSBPD

“You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Thou hast broken by Thy strength a sea-<FI> monster<Fi> , Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by the waters,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 74:13 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
  2. Exodus 14:28The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
  3. Nehemiah 9:11You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
  4. Psalms 66:6He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.
  5. Psalms 78:13He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
  6. Psalms 106:8Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
  7. Psalms 136:13He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever.
  8. Isaiah 11:15The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.
  9. Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
  10. Ezekiel 29:3Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’
  11. Ezekiel 32:2“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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