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Psalms 74:15

74:14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. mighty: Heb. rivers of strength

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You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

You did split the fountain and the flood: you dried up mighty rivers.

74:16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

What does Psalms 74:15 mean?

Psalms 74:15 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בָּקַע (bâqaʻ), מַעְיָן (maʻyân), נַחַל (nachal).

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Thou
didst
cleaveבָּקַעbâqaʻ/baw-kah'/H1234to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
the
fountainמַעְיָןmaʻyân/mah-yawn'/H4599a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
and
the
flood:נַחַלnachal/nakh'-al/H5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
thou
driedst
upיָבֵשׁyâbêsh/yaw-bashe'/H3001to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
mightyאֵיתָןʼêythân/ay-thawn'/H386permanence; hence (concrete) permanent; specifically a chieftain
rivers.נָהָרnâhâr/naw-hawr'/H5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
mighty:
Heb.
rivers
of
strength

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 74:15.

Deuteronomy 21:4

And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. windows: or, floodgates

Numbers 24:6

As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.

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What does Psalms 74:15 say?

Psalms 74:15 (King James Version) reads: "Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. mighty: Heb. rivers of strength"

Is Psalms 74:15 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 74:15 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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