King James Version
psalm 104:6 in the King James Version says “Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.” — study this verse from psalm chapter 104 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.”
psalm 104:6 · KJV
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever . Who: Heb. He hath founded the earth upon her bases
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. They go up: or, The mountains ascend, the valleys descend
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