Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

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

Darby Translation

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up the deeps in 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 the heavens were made, and by the spirit of his mouth all their army. 7 He heaped up the waters of the sea as a mound: he gave the depths into storehouses. 8 All the earth shall fear from Jehovah: and of him shall all dwelling in the habitable globe be afraid.

Cross References

Exodus 15:8

And by the spirit of thine anger the waters shook them off, the flowings stood up as a heap: the depths were contracted in the heart of the sea.

Joshua 3:16

And the waters coming down from above will stand, they rose up one heap very far off in Adam, the city which is by the side of Zaretan; and coming down upon the sea of the desert, the salt sea, they ceased, they were cut off: and the people passed through over against Jericho.

Joshua 3:13

And it was as the soles of the feet of the priests lifting up the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, rested in the water of Jordan, the water of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters coming down from above; and they shall stand one heap.

Genesis 1:9-10

And God will say the waters shall be gathered together from the under part of the heavens to one place, and the dry shall be seen: and it shall be so.

Job 26:10

He marked out with a compass the law upon the face of the waters, even till the end of light with darkness..

Job 38:8-11

And he will hedge in the sea with doors in its breaking forth, going forth from the womb.

Psalm 78:13

He rent the sea and he will cause them to pass through; and he will cause the waters to stand as a heap.

Psalm 104:6-9

The deep thou coveredst it as a garment: the waters will stand upon the mountains.

Proverbs 8:29

In his setting his law to the sea, and the waters shall not pass by his mouth; in his making firm the foundations of the earth:

Jeremiah 5:22

Will ye not fear me? says Jehovah; or will ye not tremble from my face, who set the sand a bound to the sea a law forever, and it shall not pass over it: and its waves shall toss themselves and shall not prevail; and they were put in commotion and shall not pass over it

Habakkuk 3:15

Thou didst tread upon the sea with thy horses, the heap of many waters

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