Parallel Verses

Amplified


For He has founded it upon the seas
And established it upon the streams and the rivers.

New American Standard Bible

For He has founded it upon the seas
And established it upon the rivers.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

for He laid its foundation on the seas
and established it on the rivers.

International Standard Version

Indeed, he founded it upon the seas, he established it upon deep waters.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

For he founded it upon the seas, and upon the rivers he will prepare it

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

because he has founded it on [the] seas, and has established it on [the] rivers.

Modern King James verseion

For He has founded it on the seas, and established it on the rivers.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

For he set its foundation upon the seas, and established it upon the ocean currents.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

For, he, upon the seas, hath founded it, and upon the currents, doth make it firm.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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Verse Info

Context Readings

A Welcome For God Into The Temple

1 The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness of it,
The world, and those who dwell in it.
2 
For He has founded it upon the seas
And established it upon the streams and the rivers.
3
Who may ascend onto the mountain of the Lord?
And who may stand in His holy place?


Cross References

Psalm 136:6


To Him who stretched out the earth upon the waters,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

Genesis 1:9-10

Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place [of standing, pooling together], and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.

Genesis 8:22


“While the earth remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
Cold and heat,
Winter and summer,
And day and night
Shall not cease.”

Job 38:4


“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know and have understanding.

Job 38:8-11


“Or who enclosed the sea with doors
When it burst forth and went out of the womb;

Psalm 33:6


By the word of the Lord were the heavens made,
And all their host by the breath of His mouth.

Psalm 93:1

The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty and splendor;
The Lord has clothed and encircled Himself with strength;
the world is firmly established, it cannot be moved.

Psalm 95:4


In whose hand are the depths of the earth;
The peaks of the mountains are His also.

Psalm 96:10


Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns;
Indeed, the world is firmly and securely established, it shall not be moved;
He will judge and rule the people with fairness.”

Psalm 104:5-6


He established the earth on its foundations,
So that it will not be moved forever and ever.

Jeremiah 5:22


‘Do you not fear Me?’ says the Lord.
‘Do you not tremble [in awe] in My presence?
For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea,
An eternal decree and a perpetual barrier beyond which it cannot pass.
Though the waves [of the sea] toss and break, yet they cannot prevail [against the sand ordained to hold them back];
Though the waves and the billows roar, yet they cannot cross over [the barrier].
[Is not such a God to be feared?]

Jeremiah 10:11-16

In this manner you shall say to them, “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”

2 Peter 3:5-7

For they willingly forget [the fact] that the heavens existed long ago by the word of God, and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

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