Isaiah 27:1 “In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

World English Bible

In that day, the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan, the twisted serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.

American Standard Version

In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.

Geneva Bible 1599

In that day the Lord with his sore and great and mightie sword shall visite Liuiathan, that pearcing serpent, euen Liuiathan, that crooked serpent, and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

Darby Translation

In that day Jehovah, with his sore and great and strong sword, will visit leviathan the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.

Young's Literal Translation

In that day lay a charge doth Jehovah, With his sword — the sharp, and the great, and the strong, On leviathan — a fleeing serpent, And on leviathan — a crooked serpent, And He hath slain the dragon that [is] in the sea.

Bible in Basic English

In that day the Lord, with his great and strong and cruel sword, will send punishment on Leviathan, the quick-moving snake, and on Leviathan, the twisted snake; and he will put to death the dragon which is in the sea.

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Cross references

“that day”

Isaiah 26:21

Isaiah 26:21 · BSB

For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.

“with his”

Isaiah 66:16 Revelation 19:21 Job 40:19 Psalm 45:3 Jeremiah 47:6 Revelation 2:16

Isaiah 66:16 · BSB

For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.

Revelation 19:21 · BSB

And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.

Job 40:19 · BSB

He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him.

Psalm 45:3 · BSB

Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.

Jeremiah 47:6 · BSB

‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’

Revelation 2:16 · BSB

Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.

“leviathan”

Psalm 104:26 Job 12:1–25 Psalm 74:14

Psalm 104:26 · BSB

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

Job 12:1–25 · BSB

Then Job answered:

Psalm 74:14 · BSB

You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.

“crooked”

Job 26:13 Isaiah 65:25

Job 26:13 · BSB

By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

Isaiah 65:25 · BSB

The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.

“the dragon”

Isaiah 51:9 Ezekiel 29:3 Revelation 20:2 Jeremiah 51:34 Ezekiel 32:2–5 Revelation 13:4

Isaiah 51:9 · BSB

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?

Ezekiel 29:3 · BSB

Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’

Revelation 20:2 · BSB

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

Jeremiah 51:34 · BSB

“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.

Ezekiel 32:2–5 · BSB

“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 a…

Revelation 13:4 · BSB

They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can wage war against it?”

“in the sea”

Jeremiah 51:13 Revelation 17:1 Revelation 17:15 Revelation 13:1

Jeremiah 51:13 · BSB

You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.

Revelation 17:1 · BSB

Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.

Revelation 17:15 · BSB

Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

Revelation 13:1 · BSB

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.

Also

Job 3:8

Job 3:8 · BSB

May it be cursed by those who curse the day — those prepared to rouse Leviathan.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.

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