Psalms 104:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 7:19 : 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
2 Pet 3:5 : 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:
Gen 1:2-9 : 2 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. 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 the evening and the morning were the first 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 the evening and the morning were the second day. 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven 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 were 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 hills, 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 the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour 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.
8They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast 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 the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
Hab 3:10
77%
10The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
Job 22:11
75%
11Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Ps 77:16
75%
16The waters saw{H8804)} thee, O God, the waters saw{H8804)} thee; they were afraid{H8799)}: the depths also were troubled{H8799)}.
Job 38:30
75%
30The waters are hid as with a 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
74%
10Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Ps 104:5
74%
5Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
Ps 65:6
74%
6Which by his strength setteth fast{H8688)} the mountains; being girded{H8737)} with power:
Ps 74:15
74%
15Thou didst cleave{H8804)} the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up{H8689)} mighty rivers.
Ps 33:7
74%
7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Exod 15:8
74%
8And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Ps 18:15
73%
15Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Prov 8:28
73%
28When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
Ps 36:6
73%
6Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
Ps 104:13
72%
13He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
Exod 15:5
72%
5The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
Job 36:30
72%
30Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
2 Sam 22:16
72%
16And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
Ps 93:3-4
2 verses
71%
3The floods have lifted up{H8804)}, O LORD, the floods have lifted up{H8804)} their voice; the floods lift up{H8799)} their waves.
4The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
Ps 24:2
71%
2For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Ps 114:4-6
3 verses
71%
4The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
5What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
6Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
Gen 8:2
71%
2The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Neh 9:11
71%
11And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
Job 26:10
71%
10He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
Jonah 2:5-6
2 verses
71%
5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
Ps 89:9
71%
9Thou rulest{H8802)} the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise{H8800)}, thou stillest{H8762)} them.
Job 38:9
71%
9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
Ps 46:3
70%
3Though the waters thereof roar{H8799)} and be troubled{H8799)}, though the mountains shake{H8799)} with the swelling thereof. Selah.
Job 38:16
70%
16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
Ps 124:4-5
2 verses
70%
4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Ps 42:7
70%
7Deep calleth{H8802)} unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone{H8804)} over me.
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%
10Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
Ps 29:3
70%
3The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.