Psalms 104:6

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.”

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BSBPD

“You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“The abyss! as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 104:6 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 1:2Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
  2. Genesis 7:19Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
  3. Genesis 7:20The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.
  4. 2 Peter 3:5But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

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