Psalms 65:6
What does Psalms 65:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 65:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Who by his strength setteth fast the mountains, Being girded about with might;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Who by his strength setteth fast the mountains, Being girded about with might;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The God by whose strength the mountains are fixed; who is robed with power:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Establishing mountains by His power, He hath been girded with might,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Who turneth the sea into dry land, in the river they shall pass on foot: there shall we rejoice in him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Who by his strength established the mountains, being girded with power;
Context
v.5By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of them that are afar off upon the sea:
v.6This passage
v.7Who stilleth the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 24:2
For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods.
- Micah 6:2
Hear, O ye mountains, Jehovah’s controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
- Psalms 93:1
Jehovah reigneth; he is clothed with majesty; Jehovah is clothed with strength; he hath girded himself therewith: The world also is established, that it cannot be moved.
- Psalms 119:90
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
- Isaiah 51:9
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces, that didst pierce the monster?
- Habakkuk 3:6
He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were as of old.
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