Psalms 104:6
4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded 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
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Read in context2 Peter 3:5
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
Read in contextGenesis 1:2–10
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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