Psalms 89:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou rulest{H8802)} the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise{H8800)}, thou stillest{H8762)} them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאוֹת מִי־כָמוֹךָ חֲסִין יָהּ וֶאֱמוּנָתְךָ סְבִיבוֹתֶיךָ

Transliteration

YHWH ʾĕlōhê ṣᵉbāʾôt who-like-kāmôkā ḥăsîn Yāh and-ʾĕmûnātᵉkā sᵉbîbôteykā

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*ʾĕlōhê*: noun construct - God of
*ṣᵉbāʾôt*: noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies
*mî-kāmôkā*: interrogative + preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - who (is) like you
*ḥăsîn*: adjective, masculine singular - strong/mighty
*Yāh*: proper noun, abbreviated divine name
*wᵉ-ʾĕmûnātᵉkā*: conjunction + noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and your faithfulness
*sᵉbîbôteykā*: noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your surroundings

Word Meanings

*ʾĕlōhê ṣᵉbāʾôt*: God of hosts/armies/heavenly forces
*ḥăsîn*: strong/mighty/powerful
*Yāh*: abbreviated form of YHWH
*ʾĕmûnātᵉkā*: your faithfulness/steadfastness/reliability
*sᵉbîbôteykā*: your surroundings/all around you

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 65:7 : 7 Which stilleth{H8688)} the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
Mark 4:41 : 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The floods have lifted up{H8804)}, O LORD, the floods have lifted up{H8804)} their voice; the floods lift up{H8799)} their waves. 4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
Ps 107:25-29 : 25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. 26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. 28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. 29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
Nah 1:4 : 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
Mark 4:39 : 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Matt 8:24-27 : 24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. 25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. 27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
Matt 14:32 : 32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
Job 38:8-9 : 8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, 10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Ps 29:10 : 10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.
Ps 66:5-6 : 5 Come{H8798)} and see{H8798)} the works of God: he is terrible{H8737)} in his doing toward the children of men. 6 He turned{H8804)} the sea into dry land: they went{H8799)} through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice{H8799)} in him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 65:6-7
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6Which by his strength setteth fast{H8688)} the mountains; being girded{H8737)} with power:
7Which stilleth{H8688)} the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
Ps 107:29-30
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29He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Ps 93:3-4
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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 89:10-11
2 verses
78%
10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces{H8765)}, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered{H8765)} thine enemies{H8802)} with thy strong arm.
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Ps 107:24-25
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24These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
Ps 89:8
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8O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
Job 38:11
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11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Job 9:8
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8Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
Ps 74:13
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13Thou didst divide{H8782)} the sea by thy strength: thou brakest{H8765)} the heads of the dragons in the waters.
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.
Job 26:12
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12He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
Exod 15:7-8
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7And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
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Ps 74:15
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15Thou didst cleave{H8804)} the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up{H8689)} mighty rivers.
Isa 51:10
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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?
Neh 9:11
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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.
Isa 51:15
74%
15But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.
Hab 1:14
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14And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
Jer 5:22
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22Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Mark 4:39
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39And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Hab 3:15
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15Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
Ps 77:19
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19Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known{H8738)}.
Isa 43:16
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16Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
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7Thou breakest{H8762)} the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
Ps 29:3
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1The LORD reigneth{H8804)}, he is clothed{H8804)} with majesty; the LORD is clothed{H8804)} with strength, wherewith he hath girded{H8694)} himself: the world also is stablished{H8735)}, that it cannot be moved{H8735)}.
Jonah 1:11
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11Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.
Ps 98:7
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7Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Ps 89:13
71%
13Thou hast a mighty arm: strong{H8799)} is thy hand, and high{H8799)} is thy right hand.
Prov 8:29
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Ps 33:7
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2 Sam 22:16
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Ps 88:7
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Ps 77:16
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16The waters saw{H8804)} thee, O God, the waters saw{H8804)} thee; they were afraid{H8799)}: the depths also were troubled{H8799)}.
Matt 8:26
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Ps 46:3
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Ps 104:6
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Ps 104:9
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Jonah 1:15
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15So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
Ps 46:10
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10Be still{H8685)}, and know{H8798)} that I am God: I will be exalted{H8799)} among the heathen, I will be exalted{H8799)} in the earth.
Isa 48:18
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18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Ps 29:10
70%
10The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.
Ps 89:25
70%
25I will set{H8804)} his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.