Isaiah 51:9
New Living Translation
9 Wake up, wake up, O Lord! Clothe yourself with strength!
Flex your mighty right arm!
Rouse yourself as in the days of old
when you slew Egypt, the dragon of the Nile.[a]
Footnotes
- 51:9 Hebrew You slew Rahab; you pierced the dragon. Rahab is the name of a mythical sea monster that represents chaos in ancient literature. The name is used here as a poetic name for Egypt.
Psalm 74:13-14
New Living Translation
13 You split the sea by your strength
and smashed the heads of the sea monsters.
14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan[a]
and let the desert animals eat him.
Footnotes
- 74:14 The identification of Leviathan is disputed, ranging from an earthly creature to a mythical sea monster in ancient literature.
Psalm 74:13-14
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Isaiah 52:1
New Living Translation
Deliverance for Jerusalem
52 Wake up, wake up, O Zion!
Clothe yourself with strength.
Put on your beautiful clothes, O holy city of Jerusalem,
for unclean and godless people will enter your gates no longer.
Isaiah 27:1
New Living Translation
27 In that day the Lord will take his terrible, swift sword and punish Leviathan,[a] the swiftly moving serpent, the coiling, writhing serpent. He will kill the dragon of the sea.
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- 27:1 The identification of Leviathan is disputed, ranging from an earthly creature to a mythical sea monster in ancient literature.
Isaiah 51:17
New Living Translation
17 Wake up, wake up, O Jerusalem!
You have drunk the cup of the Lord’s fury.
You have drunk the cup of terror,
tipping out its last drops.
Isaiah 30:7
New Living Translation
7 Egypt’s promises are worthless!
Therefore, I call her Rahab—
the Harmless Dragon.[a]
Footnotes
- 30:7 Hebrew Rahab who sits still. Rahab is the name of a mythical sea monster that represents chaos in ancient literature. The name is used here as a poetic name for Egypt.
Isaiah 30:7
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Psalm 89:10
New Living Translation
10 You crushed the great sea monster.[a]
You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
Footnotes
- 89:10 Hebrew Rahab, the name of a mythical sea monster that represents chaos in ancient literature.
Psalm 89:10
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Psalm 7:6
New Living Translation
6 Arise, O Lord, in anger!
Stand up against the fury of my enemies!
Wake up, my God, and bring justice!
Psalm 7:6
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Ezekiel 29:3
New Living Translation
3 Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord:
“I am your enemy, O Pharaoh, king of Egypt—
you great monster, lurking in the streams of the Nile.
For you have said, ‘The Nile River is mine;
I made it for myself.’
Ezekiel 29:3
New International Version
3 Speak to him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
Isaiah 62:8
New Living Translation
8 The Lord has sworn to Jerusalem by his own strength:
“I will never again hand you over to your enemies.
Never again will foreign warriors come
and take away your grain and new wine.
Isaiah 62:8
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Psalm 44:1
New Living Translation
Psalm 44
For the choir director: A psalm[a] of the descendants of Korah.
1 O God, we have heard it with our own ears—
our ancestors have told us
of all you did in their day,
in days long ago:
Footnotes
- 44:Title Hebrew maskil. This may be a literary or musical term.
Psalm 44:1
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Footnotes
- Psalm 44:1 In Hebrew texts 44:1-26 is numbered 44:2-27.
- Psalm 44:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
Job 26:12
New Living Translation
12 By his power the sea grew calm.
By his skill he crushed the great sea monster.[a]
Footnotes
- 26:12 Hebrew Rahab, the name of a mythical sea monster that represents chaos in ancient literature.
Job 26:12
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Luke 1:51
New Living Translation
51 His mighty arm has done tremendous things!
He has scattered the proud and haughty ones.
Luke 1:51
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