Psalms 104:6

In 11 translations

BSB

You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

KJV

Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

WEB

You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.

ASV

Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.

LSV

The abyss! You have covered it as with clothing, || Waters stand above hills.

YLT

The abyss! as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand.

DBY

Thou hadst covered it with the deep, as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains:

DRC103:6

The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand.

GNV

Thou coueredst it with the deepe as with a garment: the waters woulde stand aboue the mountaines.

JPS

Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains.

LXXE103:6

The deep, as it were a garment, is his covering: the waters shall stand on the hills.Or, above.

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Original-language editions

WLC

תְּ֭הוֹם כַּלְּב֣וּשׁ כִּסִּית֑וֹ עַל־הָ֝רִ֗ים יַֽעַמְדוּ־מָֽיִם׃

LXX-Br103:6

Ἄβυσσος ὡς ἱμάτιον τὸ περιβόλαιον αὐτοῦ, ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων στήσονται ὕδατα.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 7:19Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
• 2 Peter 3:5But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
• Genesis 1:2–10Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God…

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