Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up the deeps in storehouses.

New American Standard Bible

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap;
He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

King James Version

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

Holman Bible

He gathers the waters of the sea into a heap;
He puts the depths into storehouses.

International Standard Version

He gathered the oceans into a single place; he put the deep water into storehouses.

A Conservative Version

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in store-houses.

American Standard Version

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.

Amplified


He gathers the waters of the sea together as in a wineskin;
He puts the deeps in storehouses.

Bible in Basic English

He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.

Julia Smith Translation

He heaped up the waters of the sea as a mound: he gave the depths into storehouses.

King James 2000

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap: he lays up the depth in storehouses.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[He] gathered the waters of the sea like a heap. [He] put [the] deeps in storehouses.

Modern King James verseion

He gathered the waters of the sea like a heap, setting the depths in storehouses.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as it were upon a heap, and layeth up the deep, as in a treasure-house.

NET Bible

He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses.

New Heart English Bible

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

The Emphasized Bible

Who gathered as into a skin-bottle the waters of the sea, Delivering, into treasuries, the roaring deeps.

Webster

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: he layeth up the depth in store-houses.

World English Bible

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

Youngs Literal Translation

Gathering as a heap the waters of the sea, Putting in treasuries the depths.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּנס 
Kanac 
Usage: 11

of the sea
ים 
Yam 
Usage: 396

together as an heap
נד 
Ned 
Usage: 6

he layeth up
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

the depth
תּהם תּהום 
T@howm 
Usage: 36

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Character And Creation

6 By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up the deeps in storehouses. 8 Let all the earth fear Jehovah; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

Cross References

Exodus 15:8

And by the breath of thy nostrils the waters were heaped up; The streams stood as a mound; The depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

Joshua 3:16

the waters which flowed down from above stood and rose up in a heap, very far, by Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan; and those that flowed down towards the sea of the plain, the salt sea, were completely cut off. And the people went over opposite to Jericho.

Joshua 3:13

And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan, the waters flowing down from above, shall be cut off, and shall stand up in a heap.

Genesis 1:9-10

And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so.

Job 26:10

He hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.

Job 38:8-11

And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?

Psalm 78:13

He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; and made the waters to stand as a heap;

Psalm 104:6-9

Thou hadst covered it with the deep, as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains:

Proverbs 8:29

when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

Jeremiah 5:22

Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

Habakkuk 3:15

Thou didst walk through the sea with thy horses, The heap of great waters.

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