Psalm 104:26
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New International Version (© 2011)
There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.

King James Bible
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

American Standard Version
There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein.

Young's Literal Translation
There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it.

Psalm 104:26 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

There go the ships - By means of navigation, countries the most remote are connected, and all the inhabitants of the earth become known to each other. He appears at this time to have seen the ships under sail.

That leviathan - This may mean the whale, or any of the large marine animals. The Septuagint and Vulgate call it dragon. Sometimes the crocodile is intended by the original word.

To play therein - Dreadful and tempestuous as the sea may appear, and uncontrollable in its billows and surges, it is only the field of sport, the play-ground, the bowling-green to those huge marine monsters.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

there go

Psalm 107:23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

Genesis 49:13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be to Zidon.

leviathan

Psalm 74:14 You brake the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gave him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

Job 3:8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

Job 41:1 Can you draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which you let down?

Isaiah 27:1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent...

made. Heb. formed
to play

Job 41:5,29 Will you play with him as with a bird? or will you bind him for your maidens...

Psalm 104:26 Parallel Commentaries
Beast Form Formed Fro Frolic Great Leviathan Move Play Ships Sport There Therein
Beast Form Formed Fro Frolic Great Leviathan Move Play Ships Sport There Therein
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Job 40:20 The hills bring it their produce, and all the wild animals play nearby.
Job 41:1 "Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook or tie down its tongue with a rope?
Psalm 74:14 It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.
Psalm 107:23 Some went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters.
Isaiah 27:1 In that day, the LORD will punish with his sword-- his fierce, great and powerful sword-- Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster of the sea.
Ezekiel 27:9 Veteran craftsmen of Byblos were on board as shipwrights to caulk your seams. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to trade for your wares.