Psalms 24:2
1 The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn 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
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Read in contextPsalms 136:6
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Read in contextGenesis 1:9–10
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Read in contextPsalms 104:5–6
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
Read in contextJob 38:4
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Read in contextPsalms 33:6
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:11–16
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
Read in contextJob 38:8–11
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
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