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
GodHallelujahContinentsGeologyLay; LayingFoundationReadings, SelectProvidence of God, TheEarthShips and Boats
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).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 103:5 in some Bibles
- 104:5 in most Bibles