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

New Living Translation
See the ships sailing along, and Leviathan, which you made to play in the sea.

English Standard Version
There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.

Berean Standard Bible
There the ships pass, 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.

New King James Version
There the ships sail about; There is that Leviathan Which You have made to play there.

New American Standard Bible
The ships move along there, And Leviathan, which You have formed to have fun in it.

NASB 1995
There the ships move along, And Leviathan, which You have formed to sport in it.

NASB 1977
There the ships move along, And Leviathan, which Thou hast formed to sport in it.

Legacy Standard Bible
There the ships move along, And Leviathan, which You have formed to play in it.

Amplified Bible
There the ships [of the sea] sail, And Leviathan [the sea monster], which You have formed to play there.

Christian Standard Bible
There the ships move about, and Leviathan, which you formed to play there.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There the ships move about, and Leviathan, which You formed to play there.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
In it the ships travel; this is Leviathan which you have created to be merry in it.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
There go the ships; and this dragon whom thou hast made to play in it.

Contemporary English Version
And there are the ships, as well as Leviathan, the monster you created to splash in the sea.

Douay-Rheims Bible
There the ships shall go. This sea dragon which thou hast formed to play therein.

English Revised Version
There go the ships; there is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to take his pastime therein.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Ships sail on it, and Leviathan, which you made, plays in it.

Good News Translation
The ships sail on it, and in it plays Leviathan, that sea monster which you made.

International Standard Version
There, the ships pass through; Leviathan, which you created, frolics in it.

JPS Tanakh 1917
There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom Thou hast formed to sport therein.

Literal Standard Version
There ships go—[and] leviathan, | That You have formed to play in it.

Majority Standard Bible
There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.

New American Bible
There ships ply their course and Leviathan, whom you formed to play with.

NET Bible
The ships travel there, and over here swims the whale you made to play in it.

New Revised Standard Version
There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.

New Heart English Bible
There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.

Webster's Bible Translation
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, which thou hast made to play therein.

World English Bible
There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.

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

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Context
How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!
25Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small. 26There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there. 27All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.…

Cross References
Job 40:20
The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.

Job 41:1
"Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?

Psalm 74:14
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.

Psalm 107:23
Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.

Isaiah 27:1
In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent--Leviathan the coiling serpent--and He will slay the dragon of the sea.

Ezekiel 27:9
The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.


Treasury of Scripture

There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom you have made to play therein.

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 unto Zidon.

leviathan

Psalm 74:14
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest 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
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

made.

Job 41:5,29
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? …

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Psalm 104
1. A meditation upon the mighty power
7. And wonderful providence of God
31. God's glory is eternal
33. The prophet vows perpetually to praise God














(26) Ships.--The poet writes like one who had been accustomed to see the navies of Ph?nicia, one of the indications which leads to the hypothesis that he belonged to the northern part of Palestine. And here for once we seem to catch a breath of enthusiasm for the sea--so rare a feeling in a Jew.

Leviathan.--See Psalm 74:14. In Job (Job 41) it is the crocodile, but here evidently an animal of the sea, and probably the whale. Several species of cetacea are still found in the Mediterranean, and that they were known to the Hebrews is clear from Lamentations 4:3. Various passages from classic authors support this view.

Whom Thou . . .--This clause is rendered by some "whom Thou hast made to play with him" (so LXX. and Vulg.), referring to Job 41:5. It is a rabbinical tradition that Leviathan is God's play thing.

Verse 26. - There go the ships. These may seem out of place among the works of God. But are they not his, in a certain sense? Did he not contemplate them when he made the sea, and make it to some extent for them? And did he not give men wisdom to invent and perfect them? There is that leviathan. "Leviathan" is here probably the whale, which may in early times have frequented the Mediterranean. Which thou hast made to play therein; or, to play with him. So the LXX. (ἐμπαίζειν αὐτῷ); and, among moderns, Ewald, Hitzig, Olshausen, Kay, Cheyne, and our Revisers (in the margin). The anthropomorphism is not beyond that of other passages.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
There
שָׁ֭ם (m)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

the ships
אֳנִיּ֣וֹת (’o·nî·yō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 591: A ship

pass,
יְהַלֵּכ֑וּן (yə·hal·lê·ḵūn)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

and Leviathan,
לִ֝וְיָתָ֗ן (liw·yā·ṯān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3882: A wreathed animal, a serpent, dragon, Babylon

which
זֶֽה־ (zeh-)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

You formed
יָצַ֥רְתָּ (yā·ṣar·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3335: To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine

to frolic there.
לְשַֽׂחֶק־ (lə·śa·ḥeq-)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7832: To laugh, to play


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