Psalms 95:5
3 For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.
4 In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him.
The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
6 O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
7 For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
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Compare
- BSB
- The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
- KJV
- The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
- WEB
- The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land.
- ASV
- The sea is his, and he made it; And his hands formed the dry land.
- DARBY
- The sea is his, and he made it, and his hands formed the dry [land].
- BLB
- [and] to whom [is] the sea, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
- ÅB
- han som eier havet, for han har skapt det, og hans hender har gjort det tørre land.
- OTB
- Havet er Hans, for Han skapte det,
Og Hans hender formet det tørre land. - B1930
- han som eier havet, for han har skapt det, og hans hender har gjort det tørre land.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 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 contextProverbs 8:29
when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
Read in contextPsalms 146:6
the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
Read in contextPsalms 33:7
He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
Read in contextJeremiah 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 contextJonah 1:9
“I am a Hebrew,” replied Jonah. “I worship the LORD, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”
Read in contextJob 38:10–11
when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
Read in contextProverbs 8:26
before He made the land or fields, or any of the dust of the earth.
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