Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
You covered it with [the] deep as with 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.
Holman Bible
as if it were 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.
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 her foundations, [so that] it will not be moved forever and ever. 6 You covered it with [the] deep as with a garment. [The] waters stood above [the] mountains. 7 At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they ran off.
Cross References
Genesis 7:19
And the waters prevailed {overwhelmingly} upon the earth, and they covered all the high mountains which were under the entire heaven.
Genesis 1:2-10
Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness [was] over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God [was] hovering over the surface of the waters.
2 Peter 3:5
For [when] they maintain this, it escapes [their] notice that the heavens existed long ago and the earth held together out of water and through water by the word of God,