Psalm 74:14
Strong's Lexicon
You
אַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: 1) you (second pers. sing. masc.)

crushed
רִ֭צַּצְתָּ (riṣ·ṣaṣ·tā)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7533: 1) to crush, oppress 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to crush, get crushed, be crushed 1a2) to crush, oppress (fig) 1a3) crushed (participle passive) 1b) (Niphal) to be crushed, be broken 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to crush in pieces 1c2) to grievously oppress (fig) 1d) (Poel) to oppress (fig) 1e) (Hiphil) to crush 1f) (Hithpoel) to crush each other

the heads
רָאשֵׁ֣י (rā·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7218: 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum

of Leviathan;
לִוְיָתָ֑ן (liw·yā·ṯān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3882: 1) leviathan, sea monster, dragon 1a) large aquatic animal 1b) perhaps the extinct dinosaur, plesiosaurus, exact meaning unknown ++++ Some think this to be a crocodile but from the description in Job 41:1-34 this is patently absurd. It appears to ba a large fire breathing animal of some sort. Just as the bomardier beetle has an explosion producing mechanism, so the great sea dragon may have an explosive producing mechanism to enable it to be a real fire breathing dragon.

You fed him
תִּתְּנֶ֥נּוּ (tit·tə·nen·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up 1c2) to be put upon

מַ֝אֲכָ֗ל (ma·’ă·ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3978: 1) food, fruit, meat

to the creatures
לְעָ֣ם (lə·‘ām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men 2) kinsman, kindred

of the desert.
לְצִיִּֽים׃ (lə·ṣî·yîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6728: 1) a wild beast, desert-dweller, crier, yelper 1a) a specific wild beast but not certainly identified

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.

Young's Literal Translation
Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.

New American Standard Bible
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.

King James Bible
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.

New Living Translation
You crushed the heads of Leviathan and let the desert animals eat him.

English Standard Version
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.

New American Standard Bible
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.

International Standard Version
You crushed the heads of Leviathan. You set it as food for desert creatures.

NET Bible
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you fed him to the people who live along the coast.

American Standard Version
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

English Revised Version
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, thou gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

Young's Literal Translation
Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.
















Cross References
Job 41:1
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

Psalm 72:9
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

Psalm 104:26
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

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.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 74:13
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

Psalm 74:12
For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Psalm 74:11
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.

Psalm 74:15
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

Psalm 74:16
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

Psalm 74:17
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
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