English Standard Version
Psalms 104:25
25Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great.
Psalms 104:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
- New International Version (NIV)There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number— living things both large and small.
- New King James Version (NKJV)This great and wide sea, In which are innumerable teeming things, Living things both small and great.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Here is the ocean, vast and wide, teeming with life of every kind, both large and small.
Context of Psalms 104:25
23Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening. 24O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great. 26There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it. 27These all look to you, to give them their food in due season.
Read all of Psalms 104Psalms 104:25 word by word
זֶ֤ה׀ הַיָּ֥ם גָּדוֹל֮ וּרְחַ֪ב יָ֫דָ֥יִם שָֽׁם־רֶ֭מֶשׂ וְאֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֑ר חַיּ֥וֹת קְ֝טַנּ֗וֹת עִם־גְּדֹלֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 104:25
- Psalms 95:4In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also.
- Genesis 1:20And God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens."
- Deuteronomy 33:14with the choicest fruits of the sun and the rich yield of the months,
- Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?"
- Acts 28:5He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.
Commentaries on Psalms 104:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25This great and wide sea - The original is very emphatic: ידים ורחב גדול הים זה zeh haiyam gadol urechab yadayim, "This very sea, great and extensive of hands." Its waters, like arms, encompassing all the terrene parts of the globe. I suppose the psalmist was within sight of the Mediterranean when he wrote these words.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25So is this great and wide sea - Our translation here does not quite express the beauty and the force of the original; “This sea! Great and broad of hands! There is the creeping thing - and there is no number; animals - the little with the great.” The reference here is, undoubtedly to the Mediterranean Sea, which not improbably was in sight when the psalm was composed - as it is in sight not only along the coast, but from many of the elevations in…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-30Verses 19-30 We are to praise and magnify God for the constant succession of day and night. And see how those are like to the wild beasts, who wait for the twilight, and have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. Does God listen to the language of mere nature, even in ravenous creatures, and shall he not much more interpret favourably the language of grace in his own people, though weak and broken groanings which cannot be uttered? There is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25teeming with creatures beyond number: The ocean is full of all kinds of life (see Genesis 1:20–21). This shows the Lord's creative work.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2624-26. From a view of the earth thus full of God's blessings, the writer passes to the sea, which, in its immensity, and as a scene and means of man's activity in commerce, and the home of countless multitudes of creatures, also displays divine power and beneficence. The mention ofRead the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 104
- 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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