Psalms 33:7
What does Psalms 33:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 33:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Gathering as a heap the waters of the sea, Putting in treasuries the depths.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: and saved him out of all his troubles.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up the deeps in storehouses.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 5:22
Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who 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.
- Joshua 3:16
that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
- Proverbs 8:29
When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
- Joshua 3:13
And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.
- Psalms 104:6
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.
- Exodus 15:8
And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
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