The simile is there ostensibly to compare Satan with the great seabeast, leviathan.
这个明喻很明显是将撒旦和凶猛的海中野兽利维坦进行了对比。
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Resembling a nightmarish beast rearing its head from a crimson sea, this monstrous object is actually a pillar of gas and dust.
看起来像是梦魇般的巨兽在深红色海洋中抬起了头，实际上这个恐怖的东西是一个由气体和尘埃组成的柱子。
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And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.