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New Living Translation

Psalms 24:2

For he laid the earth's foundation on the seas and built it on the ocean depths.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Geology;   God;   Thompson Chain Reference - Creator;   God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Sea, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Nature;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Create, Creation;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Creation;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Ethics;   Foundation;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Descent into Hades;   Preparation;   Science (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Floods;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Abyss;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abyss, the;   Ark of the Covenant;   King, Christ as;   Poetry, Hebrew;   Psalms, Book of;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abyss;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Corner-Stone;   Cosmogony;   Earth;   Flood, the;   Theology;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for April 19;  

Parallel Translations

English Revised Version
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Update Bible Version
For he has founded it on the seas, And established it on the floods.
New Century Version
He built it on the waters and set it on the rivers.
New English Translation
For he set its foundation upon the seas, and established it upon the ocean currents.
Webster's Bible Translation
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
World English Bible
For he has founded it on the seas, And established it on the floods.
Amplified Bible
For He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the streams and the rivers.
English Standard Version
for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For he foundide it on the sees; and made it redi on floodis.
Berean Standard Bible
For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord placed it all on the oceans and rivers.
American Standard Version
For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods.
Bible in Basic English
For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on the deep rivers.
Complete Jewish Bible
for he set its foundations on the seas and established it on the rivers.
Darby Translation
For it was he that founded it upon seas, and established it upon floods.
Easy-to-Read Version
He built the earth on the water. He built it over the rivers.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For He hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
King James Version (1611)
For he hath founded it vpon the seas, and established it vpon the floods.
New Life Bible
For He has built it upon the seas. He has set it upon the rivers.
New Revised Standard
for he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the rivers.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For he hath founded it vpon the seas: and established it vpon the floods.
George Lamsa Translation
For he has set the foundation thereof in the sea, and has furnished it with rivers.
Good News Translation
He built it on the deep waters beneath the earth and laid its foundations in the ocean depths.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, he, upon the seas, hath founded it, and upon the currents, doth make it firm.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(23-2) For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.
Revised Standard Version
for he has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the rivers.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For he hath laide the foundation of it vpon the seas: and he hath set it sure vpon the fluddes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He has founded it upon the seas, and prepared it upon the rivers.
Christian Standard Bible®
for he laid its foundation on the seasand established it on the rivers.
Hebrew Names Version
For he has founded it on the seas, And established it on the floods.
King James Version
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Lexham English Bible
because he has founded it on the seas, and has established it on the rivers.
Literal Translation
For He has founded it on the seas and established it upon the rivers.
Young's Literal Translation
For He on the seas hath founded it, And on the floods He doth establish it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For he hath fouded it vpo the sees, & buylded it vpon the floudes.
New American Standard Bible
For He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the rivers.
New King James Version
For He has founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the waters.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the rivers.
Legacy Standard Bible
For He has founded it upon the seasAnd established it upon the rivers.

Contextual Overview

1

A psalm of David.

The earth is the Lord 's, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him. 2 For he laid the earth's foundation on the seas and built it on the ocean depths.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

For: Psalms 33:6, Psalms 95:4, Psalms 104:5, Psalms 104:6, Psalms 136:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Job 38:4, Jeremiah 10:11-16, 2 Peter 3:5-7

and: Psalms 93:1, Psalms 96:10, Genesis 8:22, Job 38:8-11, Jeremiah 5:22

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:7 - I will Exodus 9:29 - that the earth Leviticus 25:2 - When ye Numbers 33:53 - General 1 Samuel 2:8 - the pillars Job 26:7 - General Job 38:6 - Whereupon Psalms 50:12 - world Psalms 65:6 - Which Psalms 74:17 - set Psalms 89:11 - General Isaiah 42:5 - he that spread Jeremiah 10:12 - established

Cross-References

Genesis 15:2
But Abram replied, "O Sovereign Lord , what good are all your blessings when I don't even have a son? Since you've given me no children, Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household, will inherit all my wealth.
Genesis 24:4
Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac."
Genesis 24:6
"No!" Abraham responded. "Be careful never to take my son there.
Genesis 24:8
If she is unwilling to come back with you, then you are free from this oath of mine. But under no circumstances are you to take my son there."
Genesis 24:9
So the servant took an oath by putting his hand under the thigh of his master, Abraham. He swore to follow Abraham's instructions.
Genesis 24:10
Then he loaded ten of Abraham's camels with all kinds of expensive gifts from his master, and he traveled to distant Aram-naharaim. There he went to the town where Abraham's brother Nahor had settled.
Genesis 44:1
When his brothers were ready to leave, Joseph gave these instructions to his palace manager: "Fill each of their sacks with as much grain as they can carry, and put each man's money back into his sack.
Genesis 47:29
As the time of his death drew near, Jacob called for his son Joseph and said to him, "Please do me this favor. Put your hand under my thigh and swear that you will treat me with unfailing love by honoring this last request: Do not bury me in Egypt.
1 Chronicles 29:24
All the officials, the warriors, and the sons of King David pledged their loyalty to King Solomon.
1 Timothy 5:17
Elders who do their work well should be respected and paid well, especially those who work hard at both preaching and teaching.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For he hath founded it upon the seas,.... Or "with" them, as some interpret e the particle על; he hath founded the earth and seas together, and both upon nothing; and yet are stable and firm; or "by the seas" f, near unto them, at the side of them; which, though higher than the earth, are wonderfully bounded by the power of God, so as not to return and cover the earth; see Job 38:8; so the particle is used in Psalms 1:3. Some have thought that the first earth, which Peter says was standing in the water, and out of the water, 2 Peter 3:5, was made in the form of an egg, and that the waters were under the earth, and the earth was as a crust or shell over them, until the deluge came; and this crust then broke in, and formed the sea; and so it was literally true, that the earth was founded upon, or over the waters;

and established it upon the floods; the floods of the seas, or rivers of water running to and fro in it: this shows the ground and foundation of Christ's right and claim to the earth, and all that is in it; which is not by reason of his father's gift to him as Mediator, but by virtue of his concern in creation, the world, and all things in it, being made and established by him; in him do all things consist, Colossians 1:16.

e R. Moses in Aben Ezra in loc. f על ימים "juxta maria", Vatablus, Gejerus, Amama; so Kimchi & Ben Melech.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For he hath founded it upon the seas - That is, the earth, or the habitable world. The ground of the claim to the earth and all that it contains, which is here asserted, is the fact that God had created it, or “founded” it. The language used here - “he hath founded it,” that is, he has laid the foundation of it, “upon the seas” and “the floods” - is in accordance with the usual mode of speaking of the earth in the Scriptures as laid upon a foundation - as a house is raised on a firm foundation. See the notes at Job 38:6. As the earth appeared to be surrounded by water, it was natural to speak of it as “founded” also upon the waters. There is probably an allusion here to the statement in Genesis 1:9-10, where the waters are said to have been so gathered together that the dry land appeared. Above all the waters the earth was established, so as to become the abode of plants, animals, and man.

And established it upon the floods - The streams; the torrents. The earth has been elevated above them, so as to be a residence for animals and for men. The essential thought is, that this earth has become what it is by the fact that God has founded it; and, therefore, what it produces belongs of right to Him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 24:2. He hath founded it upon the seas — He not only created the vast mass, but separated the land from the waters, so that the mountains, &c., being elevated above the waters, appear to be founded on them, and notwithstanding all the tossings and ragings of the ocean, these waters cannot prevail. It is established upon the floods, and cannot be shaken.


 
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