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Good News Translation

Psalms 24:2

He built it on the deep waters beneath the earth and laid its foundations in 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

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.
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.
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.
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 world and all that is in it belong to the Lord ; the earth and all who live on it are his. 2 He built it on the deep waters beneath the earth and laid its foundations in 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 answered, "Sovereign Lord , what good will your reward do me, since I have no children? My only heir is Eliezer of Damascus.
Genesis 24:4
You must go back to the country where I was born and get a wife for my son Isaac from among my relatives."
Genesis 24:6
Abraham answered, "Make sure that you don't send my son back there!
Genesis 24:8
If the young woman is not willing to come with you, you will be free from this promise. But you must not under any circumstances take my son back there."
Genesis 24:9
So the servant put his hand between the thighs of Abraham, his master, and made a vow to do what Abraham had asked.
Genesis 24:10
The servant, who was in charge of Abraham's property, took ten of his master's camels and went to the city where Nahor had lived in northern Mesopotamia.
Genesis 44:1
Joseph commanded the servant in charge of his house, "Fill the men's sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man's money in the top of his sack.
Genesis 47:29
When the time drew near for him to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, "Place your hand between my thighs and make a solemn vow that you will not bury me in Egypt.
1 Chronicles 29:24
All the officials and soldiers, and even all of David's other sons, promised to be loyal to Solomon as king.
1 Timothy 5:17
The elders who do good work as leaders should be considered worthy of receiving double pay, especially those who work hard at 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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