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Psalms 89:10

89:9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. Rahab: or, Egypt thy: Heb. the arm of thy strength

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You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; you have scattered your enemies with your strong arm.

89:11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. the fulness: or, all it containeth

What does Psalms 89:10 mean?

Psalms 89:10 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include דָּכָא (dâkâʼ), רַהַב (Rahab), חָלָל (châlâl).

Hebrew interlinear

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Thou
hast
brokenדָּכָאdâkâʼ/daw-kaw'/H1792to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
RahabרַהַבRahab/rah'-hab/H7294Rahab (i.e. boaster), an epithet of Egypt
in
pieces,דָּכָאdâkâʼ/daw-kaw'/H1792to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
as
one
that
is
slain;חָלָלchâlâl/khaw-lawl'/H2491pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
thou
hast
scatteredפָּזַרpâzar/paw-zar'/H6340to scatter, whether in enmity or bounty
thine
enemiesאֹיֵבʼôyêb/o-yabe'/H341hating; an adversary
with
thy
strongעֹזʻôz/oze/H5797strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)
arm.זְרוֹעַzᵉrôwaʻ/zer-o'-ah/H2220the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
Rahab:
or,
Egypt
thy:
Heb.
the
arm
of
thy
strength

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 89:10.

Job 22:9

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Job 26:2

How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

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What does Psalms 89:10 say?

Psalms 89:10 (King James Version) reads: "Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. Rahab: or, Egypt thy: Heb. the arm of thy strength"

Is Psalms 89:10 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 89:10 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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