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Isaiah 27:1

In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomin the dayH3117 →
הַה֡וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931 →
יִפְקֹ֣דyif.Kodhe will visit [judgment]H6485 →
יְהוָה֩Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
בְּחַרְב֨וֹbe.char.Vowith sword hisH2719 →
הַקָּשָׁ֜הha.ka.Shah<the> fierceH7186 →
וְהַגְּדוֹלָ֣הve.ha.ge.do.Lahand <the> greatH1419 →
וְהַֽחֲזָקָ֗הve.ha.cha.za.Kahand <the> mightyH2389 →
עַ֤ל'alonH5921 →
לִוְיָתָן֙liv.ya.TanLeviathanH3882 →
נָחָ֣שׁna.Chasha snakeH5175 →
בָּרִ֔חַba.Ri.achfleeingH1281 →
וְעַל֙ve.'Aland onH5921 →
לִוְיָתָ֔ןliv.ya.TanLeviathanH3882 →
נָחָ֖שׁna.Chasha snakeH5175 →
עֲקַלָּת֑וֹןa.ka.la.TontwistingH6129 →
וְהָרַ֥גve.ha.Ragand he will slayH2026 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַתַּנִּ֖יןha.ta.Ninthe sea monsterH8577 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
בַּיָּֽם׃ סbai.Yam[is] in the seaH3220 →

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Psalms 91:13You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.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.’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?Isaiah 66:16For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.Revelation 12:3Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.Psalms 74:14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.1 John 3:8The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.Job 26:13By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.Revelation 20:2He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.Psalms 104:26There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.Mark 3:27Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.Psalms 74:13–14You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;Job 41:1“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?Revelation 19:21And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.Job 40:19He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him.Ezekiel 32:2–5“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.’Jeremiah 51:34“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

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The Destruction of Leviathan — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Destruction of Leviathan — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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