Topic
Leviathan
100 verses · ranked by helpfulness
Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? — read the full passage →
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.
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?
There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein.
Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?
Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox. — read the full passage →
Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.
Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said, — read the full passage →
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters. — read the full passage →
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said, — read the full passage →
And a great sign was seen in heaven: a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars; — read the full passage →
He beholdeth everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts. — read the full passage →
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? — read the full passage →
Hisstrong scales are his pride, Shut up together as with a close seal.
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty: — read the full passage →
Upon earth there is not his like, That is made without fear.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. — read the full passage →
And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.
Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.
Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces, that didst pierce the monster?
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?
Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.
and he stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy.
His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone.
Then Job answered Jehovah, and said, — read the full passage →
A high look, and a proud heart, Eventhe lamp of the wicked, is sin.
Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?
If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →
His underparts are like sharp potsherds: He spreadeth as it were a threshing-wain upon the mire.
He counteth iron as straw, And brass as rotten wood.
In his neck abideth strength, And terror danceth before him.
Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
Out of his mouth go burning torches, And sparks of fire leap forth.
When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and burning rushes.
Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.
His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;
Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?
his body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches, and his arms and his feet like unto burnished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations! — read the full passage →
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →
The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.
Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I have cast thee to the ground; I have laid thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
and they worshipped the dragon, because he gave his authority unto the beast; and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? and who is able to war with him?
The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
He is the chief of the ways of God: Heonlythat made him giveth him his sword.
Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.
Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast likened unto a young lion of the nations: yet art thou as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.
He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.
And there was seen another sign in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his heads seven diadems.
Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?
And youdid he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, — read the full passage →
speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lieth in the midst of his rivers, that hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil. — read the full passage →
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? — read the full passage →
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. — read the full passage →
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the muscles of his belly.
Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.
for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still.
For no word from God shall be void of power.
His bones areastubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.
I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among them that know me: Behold, Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: This one was born there.
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.
The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.
He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.
speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lieth in the midst of his rivers, that hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. — read the full passage →
Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
I will destine you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but ye did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.
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, as it were frogs:
And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.
And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like unto a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high and lofty mountain:
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.