Psalms 95:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In his hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the mountains are his also.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ֭יָדוֹ מֶחְקְרֵי־אָ֑רֶץ וְתוֹעֲפ֖וֹת הָרִ֣ים לֽוֹ

Transliteration

ʾăšer in-his-yād meḥqĕrê-ʾāreṣ and-tôʿăpôt hārîm to-him

Grammar Details

*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which/that
*yād*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix and prefixed preposition bet - in his hand
*meḥqĕrê*: masculine plural construct - depths/depths of
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - earth/land
*tôʿăpôt*: feminine plural noun - heights/summits
*hārîm*: masculine plural noun - mountains
to-him: preposition lamed with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to/for him

Word Meanings

*ʾăšer*: who/which/that
*yād*: hand/power/control
*meḥqĕrê*: depths/deep places/searchings
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground
*tôʿăpôt*: heights/summits/peaks/strength
*hārîm*: mountains/hills

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 135:6 : 6 Whatsoever Jehovah pleased, that hath he done, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;
Mic 1:4 : 4 And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
Nah 1:5 : 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Hab 3:6 : 6 He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were [as] of old.
Hab 3:10 : 10 The 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 9:5 : 5 [ Him] that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;
Job 11:10 : 10 If he pass through, and shut up, And call unto judgment, then who can hinder him?
Ps 21:2 : 2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, And hast not withholden the request of his lips. {Selah}
Ps 65:6 : 6 Who by his strength setteth fast the mountains, Being girded about with might;
Ps 97:5 : 5 The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

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