Parallel Verses

King James Version

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.

New American Standard Bible

“The earth and all who dwell in it melt;
It is I who have firmly set its pillars. Selah.

Holman Bible

When the earth and all its inhabitants shake,
I am the One who steadies its pillars.Selah

International Standard Version

While the earth and all its inhabitants melt away, it is I who keep its pillars firm." Interlude

A Conservative Version

[when] the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved. I have set up the pillars of it. Selah.

American Standard Version

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have set up the pillars of it. Selah

Amplified


“The earth and all the inhabitants of it melt [in tumultuous times].
It is I who will steady its pillars. Selah.

Bible in Basic English

When the earth and all its people become feeble, I am the support of its pillars. (Selah.)

Darby Translation

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have established its pillars. Selah.

Julia Smith Translation

The earth and all dwelling in it being melted: I made even its pillars. Silence.

King James 2000

The earth and all inhabitants are dissolved: I hold up the pillars of it. Selah.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The] earth and all its inhabitants [are] shaking; I steady its columns. Selah

Modern King James verseion

The earth and all its people are melting away; I hold up its pillars. Selah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The earth is weak, and all that is therein; but I bear up her pillars. Selah.

NET Bible

When the earth and all its inhabitants dissolve in fear, I make its pillars secure." (Selah)

New Heart English Bible

The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah.

The Emphasized Bible

Earth was melting away with all its inhabitants, I, have fixed the pillars thereof. Selah.

Webster

The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.

World English Bible

The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah.

Youngs Literal Translation

Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I -- I have pondered its pillars. Selah.

References

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Watsons

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Context Readings

God Judges The Wicked

2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. 3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:


Cross References

1 Samuel 2:8

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.

Isaiah 24:19

The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.

1 Samuel 18:7

And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

1 Samuel 25:28

I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.

1 Samuel 31:1-7

Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

2 Samuel 5:2

Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.

Psalm 60:1-3

{To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand.} O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.

Psalm 78:60-72

So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

Isaiah 24:1-12

Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

Isaiah 49:8

Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

Hebrews 1:3

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

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