תהלים 104:5

Hebrew Modern Translation

יסד ארץ על מכוניה בל תמוט עולם ועד׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
על-מכוניה בל-תמוט עולם ועד

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
יָֽסַד־אֶ֭רֶץ עַל־מְכוֹנֶ֑יהָ בַּל־תִּ֝מֹּ֗וט עוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
יָֽסַד־אֶרֶץ עַל־מְכוֹנֶיהָ בַּל־תִּמּוֹט עוֹלָם וָעֶֽד ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Who laid the foundations of the earth: Heb. He hath founded the earth upon her bases, Psalms 24:2, Psalms 33:9, Psalms 136:6, Job 26:7, Job 38:4-7

that it: Psalms 93:1, Psalms 96:10, Ecclesiastes 1:4, 2 Peter 3:10, Revelation 6:14, Revelation 20:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:9 - General 1 Samuel 2:8 - the pillars Job 36:30 - and Job 38:6 - Whereupon Psalms 18:15 - foundations Psalms 66:6 - He turned Psalms 78:69 - earth Psalms 119:90 - thou hast Micah 6:2 - foundations Romans 1:20 - from the

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Who laid the foundations of the earth,.... Or "founded the earth upon its bases" l; which some take to be the waters, according to Psalms 24:2, others the centre of gravity in it; others the mountains; others the circumambient air, by which it is poised; rather the almighty power of God, by which it subsists; this is the work of Christ the Almighty; see Hebrews 1:3.

That it should not be removed for ever: for though it may be shaken by earthquakes, yet not removed; nor will it be until the dissolution of all things, when it shall flee away before the face of the Judge, and a new earth shall succeed, Revelation 20:11.

l על מכוניה "super bases ejus", Montanus, Musculus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator so the Tigurine version, Gejerus, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who laid the foundations of the earth - Referring still to the creation of the earth. The margin is, “He hath founded the earth upon her bases.” The Hebrew word rendered in the margin “her bases” means properly a place; then a basis or foundation. The idea is, that there wes something, as it were, placed under the earth to support it. The idea is not uncommon in the Scriptures. Compare the notes at Job 38:4.

That it should not be removed for ever - So that it cannot be shaken out of its place. That is, It is fixed, permanent, solid. Its foundations do not give way, as edifices reared by man. but it abides the same from age to age - the most fixed and stable object of which we have any knowledge. Compare the notes at Psalms 78:69.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 104:5. יסד ארץ על מכוניה yasad erets al mechonepha,

בל תמוט עולם ועד bal tammot olam vaed.

"Laying the earth upon its foundations,

That it should not be shaken for evermore."

This image Bishop Lowth thinks evidently taken from the tabernacle, which was so laid upon its foundations that nothing could move it, and the dispensation to which it was attached, till the end purposed by the secret counsel of God was accomplished: and thus the earth is established, till the end of its creation shall be fully answered; and then it and its works shall be burnt up. On the above ground, the stability of the sanctuary and the stability of the earth are sometimes mentioned in the same words.