Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

You covered the primeval ocean like a garment; the water stood above the mountains.

New American Standard Bible

You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
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.

Holman Bible

You covered it with the deep
as if it were a garment;
the waters 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּסה 
Kacah 
Usage: 152

it with the deep
תּהם תּהום 
T@howm 
Usage: 36

as with a garment
לבשׁ לבוּשׁ 
L@buwsh 
Usage: 32

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Creation And Providence

5 He established the earth on its foundations, so that it never falters. 6 You covered the primeval ocean like a garment; the water stood above the mountains. 7 They flee at your rebuke; they rush away at the sound of your thunders.

Cross References

Genesis 7:19

The flood water surged even higher throughout the earth, until all the highest mountains under the sky were covered.

Genesis 1:2-10

When the earth was as yet unformed and desolate, with the surface of the ocean depths shrouded in darkness, and while the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters,

2 Peter 3:5

But they deliberately ignore the fact that long ago the heavens existed and the earth was formed by God's word out of water and with water,

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