King James Version
Psalms 104:26 in the King James Version says “There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. made: Heb. formed” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 104 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. made: Heb. formed”
Psalms 104:26 · KJV
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. made: Heb. formed
These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“There go”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“there is that leviathan”
H3882a wreathed animal, i.e., a large sea-monster; figuratively, the constellation of the dragon; also as a symbol of babylon
“whom thou hast made”
H3335to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e., form a resolution)
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