New King James Version
Psalms 24:2
2For He has founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the waters.
Psalms 24:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
- 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 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 all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein. For He has founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the waters. 3Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? 4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully.
Read all of Psalms 24Psalms 24:2 word by word
כִּי־ה֭וּא עַל־יַמִּ֣ים יְסָדָ֑הּ וְעַל־נְ֝הָר֗וֹת יְכוֹנְנֶֽהָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 24:2
- Psalms 33:6By the word of the Lord the heavens were 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 heights of the hills are His also.
- Psalms 104:5You who laid the foundations of the earth, So that it should not be moved forever,
- Psalms 136:6To Him who laid out the earth above the waters, For His mercy endures forever;
- Genesis 1:9Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.
- Job 38:4“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
- Jeremiah 10:11Thus you shall say to them: “The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”
- 2 Peter 3:5For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water,
- 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.”
- Genesis 8:22“While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease.”
- Job 38:8“Or who shut in the sea with doors, When it burst forth and issued from the womb;
- Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?’ says the Lord. ‘Will you not tremble at My presence, Who have placed the sand as the bound of the sea, By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it? And though its waves toss to and fro, Yet they cannot prevail; Though they roar, yet they cannot 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
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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
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