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.
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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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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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 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.
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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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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Habakkuk 3:13
New Living Translation
13 You went out to rescue your chosen people,
to save your anointed ones.
You crushed the heads of the wicked
and stripped their bones from head to toe.
Habakkuk 3:13
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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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