King James Version
Psalms 24:2
2For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Psalms 24:2 in other versions
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas and built it on the ocean depths.
Context of Psalms 24:2
1The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. 3Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? 4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Read all of Psalms 24Psalms 24:2 word by word
כִּי־ה֭וּא עַל־יַמִּ֣ים יְסָדָ֑הּ וְעַל־נְ֝הָר֗וֹת יְכוֹנְנֶֽהָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 24:2
- Psalms 33:6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
- Psalms 95:4In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
- Psalms 104:5Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
- Psalms 136:6To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Genesis 1:9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
- Job 38:4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
- Jeremiah 10:11Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
- 2 Peter 3:5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
- Psalms 93:1The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
- Psalms 96:10Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
- Genesis 8:22While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
- Job 38:8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
- Jeremiah 5:22Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not 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
Topics related to Psalms 24:2
In the dictionaries
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
King James Version — Public Domain except in the United Kingdom (Crown rights)
Commentaries