You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
Parallel translations
- WEB You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
- KJV Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
- NKJV You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain; You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
- NASB You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
- NLT You crushed the great sea monster. You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
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God crushed Rahab and scattered His enemies with His mighty arm. He has decisively defeated all that opposes Him.
Overview
Rahab here is a poetic name for a chaos-monster, often associated with Egypt, whom God shattered. The image celebrates God's victory over His foes. It foreshadows the ultimate triumph of Christ, who through His death and resurrection defeated sin, death, and the powers of darkness.
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- Ps 87:4“I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me—along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”
- Ps 144:6Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
- Ps 68:30Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
- Isa 24:1Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
- Ps 78:43–72when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
- Ps 105:27–45They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- Ps 59:11Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
- Exod 3:19–20But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.
- Ps 68:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A song. God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence.
- Exod 7:1–15The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
- Deut 4:34Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
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