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Bishop's Bible

Psalms 24:2

For he hath laide the foundation of it vpon the seas: and he hath set it sure vpon the fluddes.

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

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.
English Standard Version
for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
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.
Amplified Bible
For He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the streams and the rivers.
New American Standard Bible
For He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the rivers.
World English Bible
For he has founded it on the seas, And established it on the floods.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For he hath founded it vpon the seas: and established it vpon the floods.
Legacy Standard Bible
For He has founded it upon the seasAnd established it upon the rivers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For he hath fouded it vpo the sees, & buylded it vpon the floudes.
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.
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.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He has founded it upon the seas, and prepared it upon the rivers.
English Revised Version
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For he foundide it on the sees; and made it redi on floodis.
Update Bible Version
For he has founded it on the seas, And established it on the floods.
Webster's Bible Translation
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
New King James Version
For He has founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the waters.
New Living Translation
For he laid the earth's foundation on the seas and built it on the ocean depths.
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.
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.
Young's Literal Translation
For He on the seas hath founded it, And on the floods He doth establish it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the rivers.

Contextual Overview

1 The earth is Gods and all that therin is: the worlde, & they that dwell therin. 2 For he hath laide the foundation of it vpon the seas: and he hath set it sure vpon the fluddes.

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
And Abram sayde: Lorde God what wylt thou geue me when I go chyldelesse, the chylde of the stewardship of my house is this Eleazer of Damasco?
Genesis 24:4
But thou shalt go vnto my countrey, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne Isahac.
Genesis 24:6
To whom Abraham aunswered: beware that thou bring not my sonne thyther agayne.
Genesis 24:8
Neuerthelesse, if the woman wyl not folowe thee, then shalt thou be cleare from this my othe: onlye bring not my sonne thyther agayne.
Genesis 24:9
And the seruaunt put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his maister, and sware to hym as concernyng yt matter.
Genesis 24:10
And the seruaunt toke ten Camelles of the Camelles of his maister, & departed (& had of al maner of goods of his maister with him) and so he arose & went to Mesopotamia, vnto ye citie of Nachor.
Genesis 44:1
And he commaunded the ruler of his house, saying: fill the mens sackes with foode, as much as they can cary, & put euery mans mony in his sackesmouth:
Genesis 47:29
When the tyme drewe nye that Israel must dye, he sent for his sonne Ioseph and sayde vnto him: If I haue founde grace in thy syght, oh put thy hande vnder my thygh, and deale mercifully and truly with me, that thou bury me not in Egypt.
1 Chronicles 29:24
And all the lordes and men of power, and all the sonnes of king Dauid, submitted them selues, & were vnder king Solomon.
1 Timothy 5:17
The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour, most speciallye they which labour in the worde & teachyng.

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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