Psalms 104:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תְּ֭הוֹם כַּלְּב֣וּשׁ כִּסִּית֑וֹ עַל־הָ֝רִ֗ים יַ֖עַמְדוּ־מָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

tĕhôm kallĕbûsh kissîtô ʿal-hārîm yaʿamdû-māyim

Grammar Details

*tĕhôm*: noun, masculine/feminine singular - deep, abyss
*kallĕbûsh*: preposition *kě* + definite article + noun, masculine singular - like the garment
*kissîtô*: verb, piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - you covered it
*ʿal*: preposition - upon, over
*hārîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the mountains
*yaʿamdû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - they stood
*māyim*: noun, masculine plural - waters

Word Meanings

*tĕhôm*: deep, abyss, depths, primeval ocean
*lĕbûsh*: garment, clothing, covering
*kissîtô*: covered it, clothed it
*hārîm*: mountains, hills, mountain ranges
*yaʿamdû*: stood, stood firm, were standing, were positioned
*māyim*: waters, water, flood

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Gen 7:19 : 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.
2 Pet 3:5 : 5 For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;
Gen 1:2-9 : 2 And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Gen 7:18-20
3 verses
79%
18And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
19And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.
20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Ps 104:1-3
3 verses
78%
1Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty:
2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; Who maketh the clouds his chariot; Who walketh upon the wings of the wind;
Ps 104:7-10
4 verses
77%
7At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away
8(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.
9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.
10He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; They run among the mountains;
Hab 3:10
77%
10The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.
Job 22:11
75%
11Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.
Ps 77:16
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16The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
Job 38:30
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30The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.
Job 38:34
75%
34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?
Exod 15:10
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10Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Ps 104:5
74%
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Ps 65:6
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Ps 74:15
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15Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
Ps 33:7
74%
7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.
Exod 15:8
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8And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Ps 18:15
73%
15Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Prov 8:28
73%
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Ps 36:6
73%
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Ps 104:13
72%
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Exod 15:5
72%
5The deeps cover them: They went down into the depths like a stone.
Job 36:30
72%
30Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.
2 Sam 22:16
72%
16Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
Ps 93:3-4
2 verses
71%
3The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves.
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Ps 24:2
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Ps 114:4-6
3 verses
71%
4The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs.
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Gen 8:2
71%
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Neh 9:11
71%
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Job 26:10
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Jonah 2:5-6
2 verses
71%
5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.
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Ps 89:9
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71%
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70%
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Job 38:16
70%
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Ps 124:4-5
2 verses
70%
4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;
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Ps 42:7
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Gen 1:6-7
2 verses
70%
6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
Isa 51:10
70%
10Is it not thou that driedst up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that madest the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
Ps 29:3
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