King James Version
Psalms 24:2 in the King James Version says “For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.”
Psalms 24:2 · KJV
A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He: Heb. The clean of hands
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“it upon the seas”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
“For he hath founded”
H3245to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e., settle, consult
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“it upon the floods”
H5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the nile, euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
“and established”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
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