Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

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

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.

Amplified


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

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 A Davidic psalm.The earth and everything in it,
the world and its inhabitants,
belong to the Lord;
2 for He laid its foundation on the seas
and established it on the rivers.
3 Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in His holy place?

Cross References

Psalm 136:6

He spread the land on the waters.
        His love is eternal.

Genesis 1:9-10

Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

Genesis 8:22

As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest, cold and heat,
summer and winter, and day and night
will not cease.”

Job 38:4

Where were you when I established the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding.

Job 38:8-11

Who enclosed the sea behind doors
when it burst from the womb,

Psalm 33:6

The heavens were made by the word of the Lord,
and all the stars, by the breath of His mouth.

Psalm 93:1

The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty;
The Lord is robed, enveloped in strength.
The world is firmly established;
it cannot be shaken.

Psalm 95:4

The depths of the earth are in His hand,
and the mountain peaks are His.

Psalm 96:10

Say among the nations: “The Lord reigns.
The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.
He judges the peoples fairly.”

Psalm 104:5-6

He established the earth on its foundations;
it will never be shaken.

Jeremiah 5:22

Do you not fear Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Do you not tremble before Me,
the One who set the sand as the boundary of the sea,
an enduring barrier that it cannot cross?
The waves surge, but they cannot prevail.
They roar but cannot pass over it.

Jeremiah 10:11-16

You are to say this to them, “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”

2 Peter 3:5-7

They willfully ignore this: Long ago the heavens and the earth were brought about from water and through water by the word of God.

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