Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies. New Living Translation You crushed the great sea monster. You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. English Standard Version You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. Berean Standard Bible You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. King James Bible Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. New King James Version You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain; You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. New American Standard Bible You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. NASB 1995 You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. NASB 1977 Thou Thyself didst crush Rahab like one who is slain; Thou didst scatter Thine enemies with Thy mighty arm. Legacy Standard Bible You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain; You scattered Your enemies with Your strong arm. Amplified Bible You have crushed Rahab (Egypt) like one who is slain; You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. Christian Standard Bible You crushed Rahab like one who is slain; you scattered your enemies with your powerful arm. Holman Christian Standard Bible You crushed Rahab like one who is slain; You scattered Your enemies with Your powerful arm. American Standard Version Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength. Contemporary English Version You crushed the monster Rahab, and with your powerful arm you scattered your enemies. English Revised Version Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength. GOD'S WORD® Translation You crushed Rahab; it was like a corpse. With your strong arm you scattered your enemies. Good News Translation You crushed the monster Rahab and killed it; with your mighty strength you defeated your enemies. International Standard Version You crushed the proud one to death; with your powerful arm you scattered your enemies. Majority Standard Bible You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. NET Bible You crushed the Proud One and killed it; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies. New Heart English Bible You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. Webster's Bible Translation Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thy enemies with thy strong arm. World English Bible You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou have bruised Rahab, as one wounded. You have scattered Your enemies with the arm of Your strength. Young's Literal Translation Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies. Smith's Literal Translation Thou didst break Rahab in pieces as the wounded one; with the arm of thy strength thou didst scatter thine enemies. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThou hast humbled the proud one, as one that is slain: with the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thy enemies. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible You crush Rahab with a mortal blow; with your strong arm you scatter your foes. New Revised Standard Version You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThou hast humbled the proud as those that are slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated You have humbled the proud like the slain, with your strong arm you have scattered your enemies! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thou didst crush Rahab, as one that is slain; Thou didst scattered Thine enemies with the arm of Thy strength. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou has brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of thy power thou has scattered thine enemies. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context I Will Sing of His Love Forever…9You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them. 10You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. 11The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.… Cross References Isaiah 51:9 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? Job 26:12 By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab. Exodus 15:8-10 At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea. / The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’ / But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in 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 29:3 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.’ Job 9:13 God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him. Psalm 74:13-14 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. Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. Revelation 20:2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. Isaiah 30:7 Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still. Jeremiah 51:34 “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. Nahum 3:8-10 Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water? / Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies. / Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains. Daniel 7:2-3 Daniel declared: “In my vision in the night I looked, and suddenly the four winds of heaven were churning up the great sea. / Then four great beasts came up out of the sea, each one different from the others: Matthew 12:29 Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house. Luke 11:21-22 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure. / But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder. Treasury of Scripture You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; you have scattered your enemies with your strong arm. thou hast Psalm 78:43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: Psalm 105:27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. Exodus 7:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. Rahab. Psalm 59:11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. Psalm 68:30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war. Psalm 144:6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. thy strong arm. Exodus 3:19,20 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand… Deuteronomy 4:34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? Jump to Previous Arm Broken Bruised Carcass Crush Crushed Death Enemies Flight Mighty Pieces Rahab Scatter Scattered Slain Strength Strong WoundedJump to Next Arm Broken Bruised Carcass Crush Crushed Death Enemies Flight Mighty Pieces Rahab Scatter Scattered Slain Strength Strong WoundedPsalm 89 1. The psalmist praises God for his covenant5. For his wonderful power 15. For the care of his church 19. For his favor to the kingdom of David 38. Then complaining of contrary events 46. He expostulates, prays, and blesses God. You crushed Rahab like a carcass; In biblical literature, "Rahab" is often a symbolic name for Egypt, representing chaos and opposition to God's people. The imagery of crushing Rahab like a carcass suggests a decisive and complete victory over a formidable enemy. This phrase recalls the Exodus narrative, where God delivered the Israelites from Egyptian bondage, demonstrating His power and sovereignty. The term "crushed" indicates a total defeat, leaving no room for recovery or retaliation. This act of divine intervention is a testament to God's ability to protect and deliver His people from seemingly insurmountable odds. The imagery of a carcass implies that the enemy is not only defeated but also rendered powerless and lifeless, emphasizing the finality of God's judgment against those who oppose Him. You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. Persons / Places / Events 1. RahabIn this context, Rahab is a symbolic name for Egypt, representing chaos and opposition to God's people. It is not to be confused with Rahab the harlot from the book of Joshua. 2. Enemies The verse refers to the enemies of God, symbolizing any force or nation that stands against His divine will and His people. 3. God's Mighty Arm This is a metaphor for God's power and strength, often used in the Old Testament to describe His ability to deliver and protect His people. Teaching Points God's Sovereignty Over ChaosJust as God crushed Rahab, He has power over all chaos and disorder in our lives. We can trust in His ability to bring peace and order. Divine Deliverance The imagery of God's mighty arm reminds us of His power to deliver us from our enemies, whether they are physical, spiritual, or emotional. Historical Faithfulness Reflecting on God's past victories, like the defeat of Egypt, strengthens our faith in His continued faithfulness and protection. Spiritual Warfare Recognize that God is actively involved in the spiritual battles we face, scattering our enemies and providing us with victory through His strength. Trust in God's Power In times of trouble, we should remember God's mighty arm and trust in His ability to overcome any opposition we face.(10) Rahab.--See Note, Psalm 87:4. The mention of the sea has carried the poet's thoughts to the Red Sea and the deliverance from Egypt, which is represented as some huge monster conquered and crushed.Verse 10. - Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces; or, "thou didst break" once upon a time, i.e. at the Exodus. (For the designation of Egypt under the term "Rahab," i.e. "arrogant," see Job 9:13; Job 26:12; Psalm 87:4; Isaiah 51:9.) As one that is slain; i.e. completely, utterly. Thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm (see Exodus 14:27-31; Exodus 15:6). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Youאַתָּ֤ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you crushed דִכִּ֣אתָ (ḏik·ki·ṯā) Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1792: To crumble, to bruise Rahab רָ֑הַב (rā·haḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7294: Rahab -- 'storm', a name for Eg like a carcass; כֶחָלָ֣ל (ḵe·ḥā·lāl) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2491: Pierced, polluted You scattered פִּזַּ֥רְתָּ (piz·zar·tā) Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6340: To scatter Your enemies אוֹיְבֶֽיךָ׃ (’ō·wy·ḇe·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary with Your mighty עֻ֝זְּךָ֗ (‘uz·zə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5797: Strength, might arm. בִּזְר֥וֹעַ (biz·rō·w·a‘) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 2220: The arm, the foreleg, force Links Psalm 89:10 NIVPsalm 89:10 NLT Psalm 89:10 ESV Psalm 89:10 NASB Psalm 89:10 KJV Psalm 89:10 BibleApps.com Psalm 89:10 Biblia Paralela Psalm 89:10 Chinese Bible Psalm 89:10 French Bible Psalm 89:10 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 89:10 You have broken Rahab in pieces like (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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