Psalms 24:2
1 The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
3 Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place?
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
- KJV
- For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
- WEB
- For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.
- ASV
- For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods.
- DARBY
- For it was he that founded it upon seas, and established it upon floods.
- BLB
- For He has founded it upon the seas, and upon the rivers He established it.
- ÅB
- For han har grunnlagt jorden på havet
og satt den fast blant havstrømmene. - OTB
- For han har grunnlagt den på havene
Og gjort den fast på vannene. - B1930
- For han har grunnlagt den på hav og stilt den fast på strømmer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 5:22
Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
Read in contextPsalms 136:6
He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.
Read in contextGenesis 1:9–10
And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
Read in contextPsalms 104:5–6
He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
Read in contextJob 38:4
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
Read in contextPsalms 33:6
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:11–16
Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
Read in contextJob 38:8–11
Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
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