Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 24:2
2for he laid its foundation on the seas and established it on the rivers.
Psalms 24:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
- New International Version (NIV)for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For He has founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the waters.
Context of Psalms 24:2
1The earth and everything in it, the world and its inhabitants, belong to the Lord; for he laid its foundation on the seas and established it on the rivers. 3Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? 4The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not appealed to what is false, and who has not sworn deceitfully.
Read all of Psalms 24Psalms 24:2 word by word
כִּי־ה֭וּא עַל־יַמִּ֣ים יְסָדָ֑הּ וְעַל־נְ֝הָר֗וֹת יְכוֹנְנֶֽהָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 24:2
- Psalms 33:6The heavens were made by the word of the Lord, and all the stars, by the breath of his mouth.
- Psalms 95:4The depths of the earth are in his hand, and the mountain peaks are his.
- Psalms 104:5He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be shaken.
- Psalms 136:6He spread the land on the waters. His faithful love endures forever.
- Genesis 1:9Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.
- Job 38:4Where were you when I established the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
- Jeremiah 10:11You are to say this to them: “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”
- 2 Peter 3:5They deliberately overlook this: By the word of God the heavens came into being long ago and the earth was brought about from water and through water.
- Psalms 93:1The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed, enveloped in strength. The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.
- Psalms 96:10Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns. The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken. He judges the peoples fairly.”
- Genesis 8:22As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”
- Job 38:8Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst from the womb,
- Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear me? This is the Lord’s declaration. Do you not tremble before me, the one who set the sand as the boundary of the sea, an enduring barrier that it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot pass over it.
Commentaries on Psalms 24:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2He hath founded it upon the seas - He not only created the vast mass, but separated the land from the waters, so that the mountains, etc., 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2God created everything in an orderly and stable manner (see Psalm 89:11; 102:25; 104:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Poetically represents the facts of Ge 1:9.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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