Parallel Verses

King James Version

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

New American Standard Bible

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap;
He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

Holman Bible

He gathers the waters of the sea into a heap;
He puts the depths into storehouses.

International Standard Version

He gathered the oceans into a single place; he put the deep water into storehouses.

A Conservative Version

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in store-houses.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


He gathers the waters of the sea together as in a wineskin;
He puts the deeps in storehouses.

Bible in Basic English

He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.

Darby Translation

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up the deeps in storehouses.

Julia Smith Translation

He heaped up the waters of the sea as a mound: he gave the depths into storehouses.

King James 2000

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap: he lays up the depth in storehouses.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[He] gathered the waters of the sea like a heap. [He] put [the] deeps in storehouses.

Modern King James verseion

He gathered the waters of the sea like a heap, setting the depths in storehouses.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as it were upon a heap, and layeth up the deep, as in a treasure-house.

NET Bible

He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses.

New Heart English Bible

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

The Emphasized Bible

Who gathered as into a skin-bottle the waters of the sea, Delivering, into treasuries, the roaring deeps.

Webster

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

World English Bible

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

Youngs Literal Translation

Gathering as a heap the waters of the sea, Putting in treasuries the depths.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּנס 
Kanac 
Usage: 11

of the sea
ים 
Yam 
Usage: 396

together as an heap
נד 
Ned 
Usage: 6

he layeth up
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

the depth
תּהם תּהום 
T@howm 
Usage: 36

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Character And Creation

6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. 8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.


Cross References

Exodus 15:8

And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

Joshua 3:16

That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

Joshua 3:13

And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.

Genesis 1:9-10

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Job 26:10

He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

Job 38:8-11

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

Psalm 78:13

He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

Psalm 104:6-9

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

Proverbs 8:29

When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

Jeremiah 5:22

Fear 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?

Habakkuk 3:15

Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.

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