Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. New Living Translation You clothed the earth with floods of water, water that covered even the mountains. English Standard Version You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. Berean Standard Bible You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. King James Bible Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. New King James Version You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters stood above the mountains. New American Standard Bible You covered it with the deep sea as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains. NASB 1995 You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains. NASB 1977 Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains. Legacy Standard Bible You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains. Amplified Bible You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains. Christian Standard Bible You covered it with the deep as if it were a garment; the water stood above the mountains. Holman Christian Standard Bible You covered it with the deep as if it were a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. American Standard Version Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains. Contemporary English Version You covered the earth with the ocean that rose above the mountains. English Revised Version Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains. GOD'S WORD® Translation You covered the earth with an ocean as though it were a robe. Water stood above the mountains Good News Translation You placed the ocean over it like a robe, and the water covered the mountains. International Standard Version You covered the primeval ocean like a garment; the water stood above the mountains. Majority Standard Bible You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. NET Bible The watery deep covered it like a garment; the waters reached above the mountains. New Heart English Bible You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains. Webster's Bible Translation Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. World English Bible You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe abyss! You have covered it as with clothing, "" Waters stand above hills. Young's Literal Translation The abyss! as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand. Smith's Literal Translation The deep thou coveredst it as a garment: the waters will stand upon the mountains. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible The deeps covered it like a garment; above the mountains stood the waters. New Revised Standard Version You cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The deep was like a cloak for its covering and above the mountains the waters rose up. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains. Brenton Septuagint Translation The deep, as it were a garment, is his covering: the waters shall stand on the hills. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!…5He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved. 6You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. 7At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—… Cross References Genesis 1:2 Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Genesis 7:11-12 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. / And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. Genesis 8:1-3 But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside. / The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained. / The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down. Job 38:8-11 Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, / when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, / when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, ... Proverbs 8:27-29 I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, / when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth, / when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth. Isaiah 54:9 “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you. Jeremiah 5:22 Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it. Amos 9:6 He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name. 2 Peter 3:5-6 But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water, / through which the world of that time perished in the flood. Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. Matthew 24:37-39 As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. / For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. Luke 17:26-27 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: / People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. Revelation 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. Job 26:10 He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. Exodus 14:21-22 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, / and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left. Treasury of Scripture You covered it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. Genesis 1:2-10 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters… Genesis 7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 2 Peter 3:5 For 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: Jump to Previous Abyss Cloak Clothing Cover Covered Coveredst Covering Deep Garment Hadst High Hills Mountains Robe Sea Stand Standing Stood Vesture WatersJump to Next Abyss Cloak Clothing Cover Covered Coveredst Covering Deep Garment Hadst High Hills Mountains Robe Sea Stand Standing Stood Vesture WatersPsalm 104 1. A meditation upon the mighty power7. And wonderful providence of God 31. God's glory is eternal 33. The prophet vows perpetually to praise God You covered it with the deep This phrase begins with the imagery of God covering the earth with "the deep," which refers to the primordial waters. In Hebrew, the word for "deep" is "tehom," which is often associated with chaos and the formless void before creation. This evokes Genesis 1:2, where the Spirit of God hovers over the waters. The covering signifies God's sovereign control over chaos, transforming it into an ordered creation. Historically, ancient Near Eastern cultures often depicted the sea as a chaotic force, but here, the psalmist emphasizes God's mastery over it. like a garment the waters stood above the mountains Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You coveredכִּסִּית֑וֹ (kis·sî·ṯōw) Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover it with the deep תְּ֭הוֹם (tə·hō·wm) Noun - common singular Strong's 8415: An abyss, the deep like a garment; כַּלְּב֣וּשׁ (kal·lə·ḇūš) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3830: A garment, clothing, raiment the waters מָֽיִם׃ (mā·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen stood יַֽעַמְדוּ־ (ya·‘am·ḏū-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations above עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the mountains. הָ֝רִ֗ים (hā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country Links Psalm 104:6 NIVPsalm 104:6 NLT Psalm 104:6 ESV Psalm 104:6 NASB Psalm 104:6 KJV Psalm 104:6 BibleApps.com Psalm 104:6 Biblia Paralela Psalm 104:6 Chinese Bible Psalm 104:6 French Bible Psalm 104:6 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 104:6 You covered it with the deep as (Psalm Ps Psa.) |