New King James Version
Psalms 104:5
5You who laid the foundations of the earth, So that it should not be moved forever,
Psalms 104:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
- New International Version (NIV)He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You placed the world on its foundation so it would never be moved.
Context of Psalms 104:5
3He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind, 4Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire. You who laid the foundations of the earth, So that it should not be moved forever, 6You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters stood above the mountains. 7At Your rebuke they fled; At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.
Read all of Psalms 104Psalms 104:5 word by word
יָֽסַד־אֶ֭רֶץ עַל־מְכוֹנֶ֑יהָ בַּל־תִּ֝מּ֗וֹט עוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 104:5
- Psalms 24:2For He has founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the waters.
- Psalms 33:9For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
- Psalms 136:6To Him who laid out the earth above the waters, For His mercy endures forever;
- Job 26:7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing.
- Job 38:4“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
- Psalms 93:1The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty; The Lord is clothed, He has girded Himself with strength. Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be moved.
- Psalms 96:10Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns; The world also is firmly established, It shall not be moved; He shall judge the peoples righteously.”
- Ecclesiastes 1:4One generation passes away, and another generation comes; But the earth abides forever.
- 2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
- Revelation 6:14Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place.
- Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them.
Commentaries on Psalms 104:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5מכוניה על ארץ יסד yasad erets al mechonepha, ועד עולם תמוט בל bal tammot olam vaed . "Laying the earth upon its foundations, That it should not be shaken for evermore." This image Bishop Lowth thinks evidently taken from the tabernacle, which was so laid upon its foundations that nothing could move it, and the dispensation to which it was attached, till the end purposed by the secret counsel of God was accomplished: and thus the earth is established, till…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Who laid the foundations of the earth - Referring still to the creation of the earth. The margin is, “He hath founded the earth upon her bases.” The Hebrew word rendered in the margin “her bases” means properly a place; then a basis or foundation. The idea is, that there wes something, as it were, placed under the earth to support it. The idea is not uncommon in the Scriptures. Compare the notes at Job 38:4. That it should not be removed for ever - So…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-35This creation hymn (see also Psalms 8, 33, 145) praises God's goodness and greatness. The psalmist thinks about the current world, the original creation, and a future new creation. He views both creations as wonderfully and wisely made (compare Psalm 139:14), as the work of the Lord's Spirit (104:30; Genesis 1:2; 2 Corinthians 3:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. The earth is firmly fixed by His power.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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