God’s Word Translation
Psalms 104:7
7and fled because of your threat. Water ran away at the sound of your thunder.
Psalms 104:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
- New International Version (NIV)But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;
- English Standard Version (ESV)At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight.
- New King James Version (NKJV)At Your rebuke they fled; At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.
Context of Psalms 104:7
5You set the earth on its foundations so that it can never be shaken. 6You covered the earth with an ocean as though it were a robe. Water stood above the mountains and fled because of your threat. Water ran away at the sound of your thunder. 8The mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place you appointed for them. 9Water cannot cross the boundary you set and cannot come back to cover the earth.
Read all of Psalms 104Psalms 104:7 word by word
מִן־גַּעֲרָ֣תְךָ֣ יְנוּס֑וּן מִן־ק֥וֹל רַֽ֝עַמְךָ֗ יֵחָפֵזֽוּן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 104:7
- Genesis 8:1God remembered Noah and all the wild and domestic animals with him in the ship. So God made a wind blow over the earth, and the water started to go down.
- Proverbs 8:28when he established the skies above, when he determined the currents in the ocean,
- Mark 4:39Then he got up, ordered the wind to stop, and said to the sea, “Be still, absolutely still!” The wind stopped blowing, and the sea became very calm.
- Psalms 114:3The Red Sea looked at this and ran away. The Jordan River turned back.
Commentaries on Psalms 104:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7At thy rebuke they fled - When God separated the waters which were above the firmament from those below, and caused the dry land to appear. He commanded the separation to take place; and the waters, as if instinct with life, hastened to obey. At the voice of thy thunder - It is very likely God employed the electric fluid as an agent in this separation.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7At thy rebuke they fled - At thy command; or when thou didst speak to them. The Hebrew word also implies the notion of “rebuke,” or “reproof,” as if there were some displeasure or dissatisfaction. Proverbs 13:1; Proverbs 17:10; Ecclesiastes 7:5; Isaiah 30:17; Psalm 76:6. It is “as if” God had been displeased that the waters prevented the appearing or the rising of the dry land, and had commanded them to “hasten” to their beds and channels, and no longer…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The Lord created dry ground on day three of creation (Genesis 1:9–13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-96-9. These verses rather describe the wonders of the flood than the creation (Ge 7:19, 20; 2Pe 3:5, 6). God's method of arresting the flood and making its waters subside is poetically called a "rebuke" (Psa 76:6; Is 50:2), and the process of the flood's subsiding by undulations among the hills and valleys is vividly described.Read 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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