Psalms 104:6
4 He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
5 He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
7 At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—
8 the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—
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Compare
- BSB
- You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
- KJV
- Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
- WEB
- You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.
- ASV
- Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.
- DARBY
- Thou hadst covered it with the deep, as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains:
- BLB
- The deep, as [with] a garment You covered it; upon the mountains the waters were standing.
- ÅB
- Du hadde dekket den med dype vann som med en kappe; vannene sto over fjellene.
- OTB
- Du dekket den med dypet som med et klede;
Vannene sto over fjellene. - B1930
- Du hadde dekket den med dype vann som med et klædebon; vannene stod over fjellene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 7:19
Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
Read in context2 Peter 3:5
But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
Read in contextGenesis 1:2–10
Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
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