Parallel Verses

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.

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 ([Psalm of David]) The earth and all it contains the world and those who dwell in it belong to Jehovah. 2 For He has founded it upon the seas
And established it upon the rivers.
3 Who will go up to the mountain of Jehovah? Who may stand in His holy place?

Cross References

Psalm 136:6

To him who spread out the earth above the waters. His loving kindness is everlasting.

Genesis 1:9-10

Then God said: Let the waters below the atmosphere be gathered into one place. Let the dry land appear. It was so.

Genesis 8:22

As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will never cease.

Job 38:4

Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand.

Job 38:8-11

Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb?

Psalm 33:6

The heavens were made by the word of Jehovah, and by the breath of his mouth their entire host.

Psalm 93:1

Jehovah reigns and he is clothed with majesty. Jehovah has girded himself with strength. The world also is established, that it cannot be moved.

Psalm 95:4

Deep places of the earth are in his hand. The strength of the mountains is also His.

Psalm 96:10

Say among the nations, Jehovah reigns; and the world shall be established; it shall not be moved; He shall judge the peoples in uprightness.

Psalm 104:5-6

You established the earth upon its foundations, so that it will not be unstable forever.

Jeremiah 5:22

Do you not reverence (respect) me? Asks Jehovah. Do you not tremble [with awe] in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier it cannot cross. Although the waves toss continuously, they cannot break through. Although they roar, they cannot cross it.

Jeremiah 10:11-16

You will say to the idolaters: 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 this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God,

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