Psalm 24:2 “For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters…”

Psalm 24:2

For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods.

Geneva Bible 1599

For he hath founded it vpon the seas: and established it vpon the floods.

Darby Translation

For it was he that founded it upon seas, and established it upon floods.

Young's Literal Translation

For He on the seas hath founded it, And on the floods He doth establish it.

Bible in Basic English

For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on the deep rivers.

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Cross references

“For”

Psalm 136:6 Job 38:4 Psalm 33:6 Jeremiah 10:11–16 2 Peter 3:5–7 Psalm 95:4

Psalm 136:6 · BSB

He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.

Job 38:4 · BSB

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

Psalm 33:6 · BSB

By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

Jeremiah 10:11–16 · BSB

Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”

2 Peter 3:5–7 · BSB

But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

Psalm 95:4 · BSB

In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him.

“and”

Jeremiah 5:22 Psalm 96:10 Job 38:8–11 Genesis 8:22 Psalm 93:1

Jeremiah 5:22 · BSB

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 ca…

Psalm 96:10 · BSB

Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.

Job 38:8–11 · BSB

Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

Genesis 8:22 · BSB

As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”

Psalm 93:1 · BSB

The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

3Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place?

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