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Psalm 24:2

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24:2For he set its foundation upon the seas,

and established1 it upon the ocean currents.2

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Psalm 24:1–2: The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.

Footnotes

  1. 1 The prefixed verbal form is understood as a preterite, referring to the creation of the world.
  2. 2 He … established it upon the ocean currents. The description reflects ancient Israelite prescientific cosmology, which is based on outward appearances. The language also suggests that God’s creative work involved the subjugation of chaos, symbolized by the sea.

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

for he has founded it upon the seas

and established it upon the rivers.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

for he founded it on the seas

and established it on the waters.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

for he laid its foundation on the seas

and established it on the rivers.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas

and built it on the ocean depths.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

because he has founded it on the seas,

and has established it on the rivers.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

For he hath founded it upon the seas,

And established it upon the floods.

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