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Bible in Basic English

In that day the Lord, with his great and strong and cruel sword, will send punishment on Leviathan, the quick-moving snake, and on Leviathan, the twisted snake; and he will put to death the dragon which is in the sea.

New American Standard Bible

In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
With His fierce and great and mighty sword,
Even Leviathan the twisted serpent;
And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

On that day the Lord with His harsh, great, and strong sword, will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea.

International Standard Version

At that time, with his fierce, mighty, and powerful sword, the LORD will punish the gliding serpent Leviathan the coiling serpent Leviathan and he will kill the dragon that's in the sea.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified

In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent
With His fierce and great and mighty sword [rescuing Israel from her enemy],
Even Leviathan the twisted serpent;
And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

In that day Jehovah will review with his hard and great and strong sword upon leviathan the serpent fleeing, and upon leviathan the winding serpent; and he killed the dragon which was in the sea.

King James 2000

In that day the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the fleeing serpent, even leviathan that twisted serpent; and he shall slay the monster that is in the sea.

Lexham Expanded Bible

On that day, Yahweh will punish with his cruel, great and strong sword Leviathan, [the] fleeing serpent, and Leviathan, [the] twisting serpent, and he will kill the sea monster that [is] in the sea.

Modern King James verseion

In that day Jehovah with His great and fierce and strong sword shall punish the sea-monster, the darting serpent, the sea-monster, that twisting serpent; and He shall kill the monster in the sea.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

In that day, the LORD with his heavy, great, and long sword shall visit Leviathan that fugitive serpent: even Leviathan that crooked serpent, and shall slay the dragon in the sea.

NET Bible

At that time the Lord will punish with his destructive, great, and powerful sword Leviathan the fast-moving serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent; he will kill the sea monster.

New Heart English Bible

In that day, the LORD with his fierce and great and mighty sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the twisted serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.

The Emphasized Bible

In that day, will Yahweh With his sword - the hard and the great and the strong, Bring punishment Upon Leviathan, the fleeing serpent, And upon Leviathan, the crooked serpent, - And will slay the monster which is in the sea.

Webster

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

World English Bible

In that day, Yahweh with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the twisted serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.

Youngs Literal Translation

In that day lay a charge doth Jehovah, With his sword -- the sharp, and the great, and the strong, On leviathan -- a fleeing serpent, And on leviathan -- a crooked serpent, And He hath slain the dragon that is in the sea.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
In that day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

the Lord

Usage: 0

with his sore
קשׁה 
Qasheh 
Usage: 36

and great
גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

and strong
חזק 
Chazaq 
Usage: 57

חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

לויתן 
Livyathan 
Usage: 6

the piercing
בּרח בּריח 
Bariyach 
Usage: 3

נחשׁ 
Nachash 
נחשׁ 
Nachash 
Usage: 31
Usage: 31

לויתן 
Livyathan 
Usage: 6

עקלּתון 
`aqallathown 
Usage: 1

and he shall slay
הרג 
Harag 
Usage: 166

the dragon
תּנּים תּנּין 
Tanniyn 
Usage: 23

Context Readings

Israel Rescued

1 In that day the Lord, with his great and strong and cruel sword, will send punishment on Leviathan, the quick-moving snake, and on Leviathan, the twisted snake; and he will put to death the dragon which is in the sea. 2 In that day it will be said, A vine-garden of delight, make a song about it.

Cross References

Psalm 104:26

There go the ships; there is that great beast, which you have made as a plaything.

Isaiah 51:9

Awake! awake! put on strength, O arm of the Lord, awake! as in the old days, in the generations long past. Was it not by you that Rahab was cut in two, and the dragon Wounded?

Isaiah 66:16

For with fire and sword will the Lord come, judging all the earth, and his sword will be on all flesh: and great numbers will be put to death by him.

Deuteronomy 32:41-42

If I make sharp my shining sword, and my hand is outstretched for judging, I will give punishment to those who are against me, and their right reward to my haters.

Psalm 74:13-14

The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken.

Jeremiah 47:6

O sword of the Lord, how long will you have no rest? put yourself back into your cover; be at peace, be quiet.

Ezekiel 29:3

Say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great river-beast stretched out among his Nile streams, who has said, The Nile is mine, and I have made it for myself.

Job 3:8

Let it be cursed by those who put a curse on the day; who are ready to make Leviathan awake.

Job 12:1-25

And Job made answer and said,

Job 26:13

By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.

Job 40:19

He is the chief of the ways of God, made by him for his pleasure.

Psalm 45:3

Put on your sword, make it ready at your side, O strong chief, with your glory and power.

Isaiah 26:21

For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.

Isaiah 34:5-6

For my sword in heaven is full of wrath: see, it is coming down on Edom, in punishment on the people of my curse.

Isaiah 65:25

The wolf and the lamb will take their food together, and the lion will make a meal of grass like the ox: but dust will be the snake's food. There will be no cause of pain or destruction in all my holy mountain, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:13

O you whose living-place is by the wide waters, whose stores are great, your end is come, your evil profit is ended.

Jeremiah 51:34

Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a meal of me, violently crushing me, he has made me a vessel with nothing in it, he has taken me in his mouth like a dragon, he has made his stomach full with my delicate flesh, crushing me with his teeth.

Ezekiel 32:2-5

Son of man, make a song of grief for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and say to him, Young lion of the nations, destruction has come on you; and you were like a sea-beast in the seas, sending out bursts of water, troubling the waters with your feet, making their streams dirty.

Revelation 2:16

See, then, that you have a change of heart; or I will come to you quickly, and will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

Revelation 12:3-2

And there was seen another sign in heaven; a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.

Revelation 13:4

And they gave worship to the dragon, because he gave authority to the beast; and worshipping the beast, they said, Who is like the beast? and who is able to go to war with him?

Revelation 13:11

And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and his voice was like that of a dragon.

Revelation 16:13

And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, like frogs.

Revelation 17:1

And one of the seven angels who had the seven vessels came and said to me, Come here, so that you may see the judging of the evil woman who is seated on the great waters;

Revelation 17:15

And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the evil woman is seated, are peoples, and armies, and nations and languages.

Revelation 19:21

And the rest were put to death with the sword of him who was on the horse, even the sword which came out of his mouth: and all the birds were made full with their flesh.

Revelation 20:2

And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years,

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