Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
There go the ships; there is that great beast, which you have made as a plaything.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Holman Bible
and Leviathan, which You formed to play there.
International Standard Version
There, the ships pass through; Leviathan, which you created, frolics in it.
A Conservative Version
There go the ships. There is leviathan, whom thou have formed to play in it.
American Standard Version
There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein.
Amplified
There the ships [of the sea] sail,
And Leviathan [the sea monster], which You have formed to play there.
Darby Translation
There go the ships; there that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein.
Julia Smith Translation
There the ships will go: the sea monster thou didst form to play in it
King James 2000
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, which you have made to play therein.
Lexham Expanded Bible
There [the] ships sail. Leviathan [is there] that you formed to play with.
Modern King James verseion
There the ships go; You made this great sea animal to play in it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There go the ships over, and there is that Leviathan, whom thou hast made, to take his pastime therein.
NET Bible
The ships travel there, and over here swims the whale you made to play in it.
New Heart English Bible
There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
The Emphasized Bible
There, ships, sail along, This sea-monster, thou hast formed to sport therein;
Webster
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, which thou hast made to play therein.
World English Bible
There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
Youngs Literal Translation
There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it.
Themes
Holy spirit » The holy spirit being sent by God
Leviathan » Possibly a crocodile
the Sea » Passed over in ships
the Sea » Inhabited by innumerable creatures great and small
Interlinear
Yatsar
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 104:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise To Yahweh For His Creation And Providence
25 There is the great, wide sea, where there are living things, great and small, more than may be numbered. 26 There go the ships; there is that great beast, which you have made as a plaything. 27 All of them are waiting for you, to give them their food in its time.
Cross References
Psalm 74:14
The heads of the great snake were crushed by you; you gave them as food to the fishes of the sea.
Psalm 107:23
Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters;
Isaiah 27:1
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.
Genesis 49:13
The resting-place of Zebulun will be by the sea, and he will be a harbour for ships; the edge of his land will be by Zidon.
Job 3:8
Let it be cursed by those who put a curse on the day; who are ready to make Leviathan awake.
Job 41:1-34
Is it possible for Leviathan to be pulled out with a fish-hook, or for a hook to be put through the bone of his mouth?
Ezekiel 27:9
The responsible men of Gebal and its wise men were in you, making your boards watertight: all the ships of the sea with their seamen were in you trading in your goods.