Psalms 104:8

What does Psalms 104:8 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 104:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

They go up hills--they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The mountains rose, the valleys sank, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them; —

Context

v.7At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away

v.8This passage

v.9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 33:7

    He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.

  • Genesis 8:5

    And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

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