Psalms 74:14 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Psalms 74:14 —

Old words in this verse

meat: — food of any kind.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.
Psalms 72:9
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
Job 41:1-34
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? …
Psalms 104:25-26
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. …
Job 3:8
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

Topics

Animals Leviathan

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-17)

The lamenting church fastens upon something here which she calls to mind, and therefore hath she hope (as Lam. 3:21), with which she encourages herself and silences her own complaints. Two things quiet the minds of those that are here sorrowing for the solemn assembly:— I. That God is the God of Israel, a God in covenant with his people (Ps. 74:12): God is my King of old. This comes in both as a p…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 14)

13-15. Examples of the “salvation wrought” are cited. divide the sea--that is, Red Sea. brakest ... waters--Pharaoh and his host (compare Is 51:9, 10; Eze 29:3, 4).