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How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!

Psalms 104:5

In 11 translations

BSB
He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
KJV
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.Who…: Heb. He hath founded the earth upon her bases
WEB
He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.
ASV
Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.
LSV
He has founded earth on its bases, || It is not moved for all time and forever.
YLT
He hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and for ever.
DBY
He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever.
DRC103:5
Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be moved for ever and ever.
GNV
He set the earth vpon her foundations, so that it shall neuer moue.
JPS
Who didst establish the earth upon its foundations, that it should not be moved for ever and ever;
LXXE103:5
Who establishes the earth on her sure foundation: it shall not be moved for ever.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
יָֽסַד־אֶ֭רֶץ עַל־מְכוֹנֶ֑יהָ בַּל־תִּ֝מּ֗וֹט עוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃
LXX-Br103:5
Ὁ θεμελιῶν τὴν γῆν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀσφάλειαν αὐτῆς, οὐ κλιθήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 26:7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
  • Psalms 24:2For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
  • Psalms 33:9For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
  • Psalms 96:10Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.
  • Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
  • Ecclesiastes 1:4Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
  • Psalms 93:1The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
  • 2 Peter 3:10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
  • Psalms 136:6He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.
  • Revelation 6:14The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
  • Job 38:4–7Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its foundations set,…

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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