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# The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon was pouring out of his mouth

The earth is spoken of as if it were a living thing, and a hole in the earth is spoken of as if it were a mouth that could drink up the water. Alternate translation: "A hole in the ground opened up and the water went down into the hole" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])

# dragon

This was a large, fierce reptile, like a lizard. For Jewish people, it was a symbol of evil and chaos. The dragon is also identified in verse 9 as "the devil or Satan." See how you translated this in [Revelation 12:3](../12/03.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-symlanguage]])
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon was pouring out of his mouth`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`The earth is spoken of as if it were a living thing, and a hole in the earth is spoken of as if it were a mouth that could drink up the water. Alternate translation: "A hole in the ground opened up and the water went down into the hole" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# dragon`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This was a large, fierce reptile, like a lizard. For Jewish people, it was a symbol of evil and chaos. The dragon is also identified in verse 9 as "the devil or Satan." See how you translated this in [Revelation 12:3](../12/03.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-symlanguage]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00