God’s Word Translation
Psalms 95:5
5The sea is his. He made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
Psalms 95:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
- New International Version (NIV)The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The sea is His, for He made it; And His hands formed the dry land.
Context of Psalms 95:5
3The Lord is a great God and a great king above all gods. 4In his hand are the deep places of the earth, and the mountain peaks are his. The sea is his. He made it, and his hands formed the dry land. 6Come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel in front of the Lord, our maker, 7because he is our God and we are the people in his care, the flock that he leads. If only you would listen to him today!
Read all of Psalms 95Psalms 95:5 word by word
אֲשֶׁר־ל֣וֹ הַ֭יָּם וְה֣וּא עָשָׂ֑הוּ וְ֝יַבֶּ֗שֶׁת יָדָ֥יו יָצָֽרוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 95:5
- Psalms 33:7He gathers the water in the sea like a dam and puts the oceans in his storehouses.
- Genesis 1:9Then God said, “Let the water under the sky come together in one area, and let the dry land appear.” And so it was.
- Job 38:10when I set a limit for it and put up bars and gates,
- Proverbs 8:29when he set a limit for the sea so the waters would not overstep his command, when he traced the foundations of the earth,
- Jeremiah 5:22Don’t you fear me?” asks the Lord. “Don’t you tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it cannot cross. Although the waves toss continuously, they can’t break through. Although they roar, they can’t cross it.
- Proverbs 8:26when he had not yet made land or fields or the first dust of the world.
Commentaries on Psalms 95:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The sea is his - The sea and the dry land are equally his, for he has formed them both, and they are his property. He governs and disposes of them as he sees good. He is the absolute Master of universal nature. Therefore there is no other object of worship nor of confidence.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The sea is his - Margin, as in Hebrew, “Whose the sea is.” That is, The sea belongs to him, with all which it contains. And he made it - It is his, “because” he made it. The creation of anything gives the highest possible right over it. And his hands formed the dry land - He has a claim, therefore, that it should be recognized as his, and that all who dwell upon it, and derive their support from it, should acknowledge him as its great Owner and Lord.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5All creation exists because of the Lord alone, not because of many gods.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. The terms used describe the world in its whole extent, subject to God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 95
- 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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