Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
as if it were a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.
New American Standard Bible
The waters were standing above the mountains.
King James Version
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
International Standard Version
You covered the primeval ocean like a garment; the water stood above the mountains.
A Conservative Version
Thou covered it with the deep as with a vesture. The waters stood above the mountains.
American Standard Version
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.
Amplified
You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
The waters were standing above the mountains.
Bible in Basic English
Covering it with the sea as with a robe: the waters were high over the mountains;
Darby Translation
Thou hadst covered it with the deep, as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains:
Julia Smith Translation
The deep thou coveredst it as a garment: the waters will stand upon the mountains.
King James 2000
You covered it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You covered it with [the] deep as with a garment. [The] waters stood above [the] mountains.
Modern King James verseion
You covered the deep as with a robe; the waters stand above the mountains.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou coveredst it with the deep like as with a garment, so that the waters stand above the hills.
NET Bible
The watery deep covered it like a garment; the waters reached above the mountains.
New Heart English Bible
You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.
The Emphasized Bible
With the resounding deep - as a garment, hast thou covered it, Above the mountains, stand the waters;
Webster
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
World English Bible
You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.
Youngs Literal Translation
The abyss! as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand.
Themes
Earth » Primitive condition of
Mountains » Collect the vapors which ascend from the earth
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Preserving the course of nature
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 104:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise To Yahweh For His Creation And Providence
5
it will never be shaken.
as if it were a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.
at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away
Cross References
Genesis 7:19
Then the waters surged even higher on the earth, and all the high mountains under the whole sky were covered.
Genesis 1:2-10
Now the earth was
2 Peter 3:5
They willfully ignore this: Long ago the heavens and the earth were brought about from water and through water