Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
You covered the primeval ocean like a garment; the water 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.
Holman Bible
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.
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
Kacah
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 104:6
Verse Info
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,