Psalms 24:2

In 11 translations

BSB

For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.

KJV

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

WEB

For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.

ASV

For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods.

LSV

For He has founded it on the seas, || And He establishes it on the floods.

YLT

For He on the seas hath founded it, And on the floods He doth establish it.

DBY

For it was he that founded it upon seas, and established it upon floods.

DRC23:2

For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.

GNV

For he hath founded it vpon the seas: and established it vpon the floods.

JPS

For He hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

LXXE23:2

He has founded it upon the seas, and prepared it upon the rivers.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

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

כִּי־ה֭וּא עַל־יַמִּ֣ים יְסָדָ֑הּ וְעַל־נְ֝הָר֗וֹת יְכוֹנְנֶֽהָ׃We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

LXX-Br23:2

Αὐτὸς ἐπὶ θαλασσῶν ἐθεμελιώσεν αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐπὶ ποταμῶν ἡτοίμασεν αὐτήν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but…
• Psalms 136:6He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.
• Psalms 104:5–6He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved. You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
• Genesis 1:9–10And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so. God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that…
• Job 38:4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
• Jeremiah 10:11–16Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.” The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His…
• Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
• Job 38:8–11Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, and I declared:…
• 2 Peter 3:5–7But 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, through which the world of that time perished in the flood. And by that same…
• 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.
• Genesis 8:22As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
• 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.
• Psalms 95:4In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him.

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