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<i>There is</i> that Leviathan Which You have made to play there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/104.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The ships move along there, <i>And</i> Leviathan, which You have formed to have fun in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/104.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />There the ships move along, And Leviathan, which You have formed to sport in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/104.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />There the ships move along, <i>And</i> Leviathan, which Thou hast formed to sport in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/104.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />There the ships move along, <i>And</i> Leviathan, which You have formed to play in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/104.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />There the ships [of the sea] sail, And Leviathan [the sea monster], which You have formed to play there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/104.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />There the ships move about, and Leviathan, which you formed to play there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/104.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />There the ships move about, and Leviathan, which You formed to play there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/104.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/104.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And there are the ships, as well as Leviathan, the monster you created to splash in the sea. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/104.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />There go the ships; there is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to take his pastime therein.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/104.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Ships sail on it, and Leviathan, which you made, plays in it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/104.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The ships sail on it, and in it plays Leviathan, that sea monster which you made. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/104.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />There, the ships pass through; Leviathan, which you created, frolics in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/104.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/104.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The ships travel there, and over here swims the whale you made to play in it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/104.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/104.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />There go the ships: there is that leviathan, which thou hast made to play therein.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/104.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/104.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />There ships go—[and] leviathan, "" That You have formed to play in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/104.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/104.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />There the ships will go: the sea monster thou didst form to play in it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/104.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />There the ships shall go. This sea dragon which thou hast formed to play therein. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/104.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 103:26>There, the ships will pass by this sea-serpent that you have formed to mock them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/104.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />There ships ply their course and Leviathan, whom you formed to play with. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/104.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/104.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />On it sail the ships; there is that Leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/104.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />In it the ships travel; this is Leviathan which you have created to be merry in it.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/104.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom Thou hast formed to sport therein.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/104.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />There go the ships; <i>and</i> this dragon whom thou hast made to play in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/104-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=12972" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/104.htm">How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: m (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">There</a> <a href="/hebrew/591.htm" title="591: ’o·nî·yō·wṯ (N-fp) -- A ship. Feminine of 'oniy; a ship.">the ships</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: yə·hal·lê·ḵūn (V-Piel-Imperf-3mp:: Pn) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">pass,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3882.htm" title="3882: liw·yā·ṯān (N-ms) -- From lavah; a wreathed animal, i.e. A serpent; figuratively, the constellation of the dragon; also as a symbol of Bab.">and Leviathan,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: zeh- (Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">which</a> <a href="/hebrew/3335.htm" title="3335: yā·ṣar·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- Probably identical with yatsar;); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. Form a resolution).">You formed</a> <a href="/hebrew/7832.htm" title="7832: lə·śa·ḥeq- (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- To laugh. A primitive root; to laugh; by implication, to play.">to frolic</a> <a href="/hebrew/bōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">there.</a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/41-1.htm">Job 41:1-34</a></span><br />“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope? / Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook? / Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/27-1.htm">Isaiah 27:1</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-21.htm">Genesis 1:21</a></span><br />So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/32-2.htm">Ezekiel 32:2</a></span><br />“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">Jonah 1:17</a></span><br />Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-40.htm">Matthew 12:40</a></span><br />For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/13-1.htm">Revelation 13:1</a></span><br />Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/3-8.htm">Job 3:8</a></span><br />May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Isaiah 51:9</a></span><br />Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-3.htm">Amos 9:3</a></span><br />Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/4-33.htm">1 Kings 4:33</a></span><br />He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/74-13.htm">Psalm 74:13-14</a></span><br />You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea; / You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/148-7.htm">Psalm 148:7</a></span><br />Praise the LORD from the earth, all great sea creatures and ocean depths,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-30.htm">Luke 11:30</a></span><br />For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-3.htm">Revelation 12:3</a></span><br />Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom you have made to play therein.</p><p class="hdg">there go</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/107-23.htm">Psalm 107:23</a></b></br> They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/49-13.htm">Genesis 49:13</a></b></br> Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he <i>shall be</i> for an haven of ships; and his border <i>shall be</i> unto Zidon.</p><p class="hdg">leviathan</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/74-14.htm">Psalm 74:14</a></b></br> Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, <i>and</i> gavest him <i>to be</i> meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/3-8.htm">Job 3:8</a></b></br> Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/41-1.htm">Job 41:1</a></b></br> Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord <i>which</i> thou lettest down?</p><p class="hdg">made.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/41-5.htm">Job 41:5,29</a></b></br> Wilt thou play with him as <i>with</i> a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/104-20.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/psalms/90-2.htm">Form</a> <a href="/psalms/103-14.htm">Formed</a> <a href="/psalms/82-5.htm">Fro</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-21.htm">Frolic</a> <a href="/psalms/104-25.htm">Great</a> <a href="/psalms/74-14.htm">Leviathan</a> <a href="/psalms/80-13.htm">Move</a> <a href="/psalms/87-7.htm">Play</a> <a href="/psalms/48-7.htm">Ships</a> <a href="/psalms/79-4.htm">Sport</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-18.htm">There</a> <a href="/psalms/104-25.htm">Therein</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/135-8.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/psalms/106-20.htm">Form</a> <a href="/psalms/119-73.htm">Formed</a> <a href="/psalms/107-27.htm">Fro</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-21.htm">Frolic</a> <a href="/psalms/105-5.htm">Great</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-1.htm">Leviathan</a> <a href="/psalms/107-27.htm">Move</a> <a href="/psalms/144-9.htm">Play</a> <a href="/psalms/107-23.htm">Ships</a> <a href="/psalms/109-25.htm">Sport</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-14.htm">There</a> <a href="/psalms/107-34.htm">Therein</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 104</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/104-1.htm">A meditation upon the mighty power</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/104-7.htm">And wonderful providence of God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/104-31.htm">God's glory is eternal</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/104-33.htm">The prophet vows perpetually to praise God</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/104.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/104.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>There the ships pass</b><br>This phrase highlights the presence of maritime activity, indicating a time when trade and travel by sea were common. The mention of ships suggests a bustling economy and the importance of the sea for transportation and commerce. In biblical times, the Mediterranean Sea was a major route for trade, connecting various cultures and regions. The reference to ships also evokes the image of human endeavor and exploration, as well as the reliance on God's creation for sustenance and prosperity. The sea is often seen as a place of both opportunity and danger, reflecting the dual nature of human interaction with the natural world.<p><b>and Leviathan</b><br>Leviathan is a creature mentioned several times in the Bible, often symbolizing chaos and the untamable forces of nature. In ancient Near Eastern mythology, Leviathan is depicted as a sea monster or dragon, representing the chaotic waters subdued by God. The mention of Leviathan here serves to illustrate God's sovereignty over all creation, including the most formidable and mysterious creatures. In <a href="/job/41.htm">Job 41</a>, Leviathan is described in detail, emphasizing its power and the futility of human attempts to control it. This creature can also be seen as a type of Satan or evil, which God ultimately has dominion over.<p><b>which You formed to frolic there</b><br>This phrase underscores God's intentional design and purpose in creation. The idea that God formed Leviathan to "frolic" suggests a sense of playfulness and freedom within the bounds of God's order. It highlights God's creative power and the joy inherent in His creation. The use of the word "frolic" implies that even the most fearsome creatures have a place and purpose in God's world, contributing to the overall harmony and balance of creation. This reflects the biblical theme that all of creation, in its diversity and complexity, is under God's control and serves His purposes.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/ships.htm">Ships</a></b><br>Represent human industry and exploration. In ancient times, ships were vital for trade, travel, and cultural exchange.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/leviathan.htm">Leviathan</a></b><br>A sea creature mentioned in the Bible, often symbolizing chaos or a formidable force of nature. In this context, it is portrayed as a creature of God's creation, playing in the sea.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sea.htm">The Sea</a></b><br>Represents the vastness and mystery of God's creation. It is a place where both human endeavors (ships) and divine creation (Leviathan) coexist.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_creation.htm">God's Creation</a></b><br>The overarching theme of <a href="/bsb/psalms/104.htm">Psalm 104</a>, highlighting God's sovereignty and creativity in forming the world and everything in it.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_creation.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Creation</a></b><br>Recognize that all elements of creation, from the smallest creature to the largest sea monster, are under God's control and serve His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/harmony_between_human_activity_and_divine_creation.htm">Harmony Between Human Activity and Divine Creation</a></b><br>Understand that human endeavors, like sailing ships, are part of God's plan and can coexist with His creation, reflecting His order and design.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_majesty_and_mystery_of_god.htm">The Majesty and Mystery of God</a></b><br>Appreciate the vastness and complexity of God's creation, which includes mysterious and powerful creatures like Leviathan, reminding us of God's incomprehensible greatness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision_and_protection.htm">Trust in God's Provision and Protection</a></b><br>Just as God created and sustains the sea and its creatures, trust that He will provide for and protect us in our daily lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_104.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 104</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/leviathan_in_job_vs._other_sea_creatures.htm">How does the portrayal of Leviathan in Job 41 align or conflict with other biblical references to large sea creatures (e.g., Psalm 104:26 or Isaiah 27:1)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_term_'leviathan'_mean.htm">What does the term "leviathan" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_include_myths_like_leviathan.htm">Why do biblical texts include myths like the Leviathan and Behemoth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_kundalini_spirit.htm">What is the Leviathan Spirit?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/104.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">Ships.</span>--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.<p><span class= "bld">Leviathan.</span>--See <a href="/psalms/74-14.htm" title="You brake the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gave him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.">Psalm 74:14</a>. In Job (Job 41) it is the crocodile, but here evidently an animal of the sea, and probably the <span class= "ital">whale. </span>Several species of <span class= "ital">cetacea </span>are still found in the Mediterranean, and that they were known to the Hebrews is clear from <a href="/lamentations/4-3.htm" title="Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.">Lamentations 4:3</a>. Various passages from classic authors support this view.<p><span class= "bld">Whom Thou . . .</span>--This clause is rendered by some "whom Thou hast made to play with him" (so LXX. and Vulg.), referring to <a href="/job/41-5.htm" title="Will you play with him as with a bird? or will you bind him for your maidens?">Job 41:5</a>. It is a rabbinical tradition that Leviathan is God's play thing.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/104.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">There go the ships.</span> 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? <span class="cmt_word">There is that leviathan.</span> "Leviathan" is here probably the whale, which may in early times have frequented the Mediterranean. <span class="cmt_word">Which thou hast made to play therein</span>; or, <span class="accented">to play with him.</span> So the LXX. (<span class="greek">ἐμπαίζειν αὐτῷ</span>); and, among moderns, Ewald, Hitzig, Olshausen, Kay, Cheyne, and our Revisers (in the margin). The anthropomorphism is not beyond that of other passages. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/104-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">There</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֭ם</span> <span class="translit">(m)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the ships</span><br /><span class="heb">אֳנִיּ֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(’o·nî·yō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_591.htm">Strong's 591: </a> </span><span class="str2">A ship</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pass,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהַלֵּכ֑וּן</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hal·lê·ḵūn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Leviathan,</span><br /><span class="heb">לִ֝וְיָתָ֗ן</span> <span class="translit">(liw·yā·ṯān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3882.htm">Strong's 3882: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wreathed animal, a serpent, dragon, Babylon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">which</span><br /><span class="heb">זֶֽה־</span> <span class="translit">(zeh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You formed</span><br /><span class="heb">יָצַ֥רְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ṣar·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3335.htm">Strong's 3335: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to frolic there.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשַֽׂחֶק־</span> <span class="translit">(lə·śa·ḥeq-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7832.htm">Strong's 7832: </a> </span><span class="str2">To laugh, to play</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/104-26.htm">Psalm 104:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/104-26.htm">Psalm 104:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/104-26.htm">Psalm 104:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/104-26.htm">Psalm 104:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/104-26.htm">Psalm 104:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/104-26.htm">Psalm 104:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/104-26.htm">Psalm 104:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/104-26.htm">Psalm 104:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/104-26.htm">Psalm 104:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/104-26.htm">Psalm 104:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/104-26.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 104:26 There the ships go and leviathan whom (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/104-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 104:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 104:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/104-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 104:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 104:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>