Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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 the LORD were the heavens made, and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as it were upon a heap, and layeth up the deep, as in a treasure-house. 8 Let all the earth fear the LORD; stand in awe of him, all ye that dwell in the world.

Cross References

Exodus 15:8

With the breath of thine anger the water gathered together and the floods stood still as a rock, and the deep water congealed together in the midst of the sea.

Joshua 3:16

the water that came down from above did stop; and stood upon a heap, a great way from Adam, a city beside Zarethan. And the water that went down vanished into the sea of the wilderness called the salt sea as soon as it was divided: and the people went right over against Jericho.

Joshua 3:13

And as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of Jehovah - the Lord of all the world - tread in the water of Jordan, the water of Jordan shall divide itself and the waters that cometh from above shall stand still upon a heap."

Genesis 1:9-10

And God said, "Let the waters that are under heaven gather themselves unto one place, that the dry land may appear." And it came so to pass.

Job 26:10

He hath compassed the waters with certain bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

Job 38:8-11

Who shut the sea with doors, when it brake forth as a child out of his mother's womb?

Psalm 78:13

He divided the sea, and let them go through it; and made the waters to stand in a heap.

Psalm 104:6-9

Thou coveredst it with the deep like as with a garment, so that the waters stand above the hills.

Proverbs 8:29

When he shut the sea within certain bounds, that the waters should not go over their marks. When he laid the foundations of the earth,

Jeremiah 5:22

Fear ye not me, sayeth the LORD? Are ye not ashamed, to look me in the face? Which bind the sea with the sand, so that it cannot pass his bounds: for though it rage, yet can it do nothing; and though the waves thereof do swell, yet may they not go over.

Habakkuk 3:15

Thou makest a way for thine horses in the sea, even in the mud of great waters.

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