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Psalms 104:6

Psalms 104:6 is verse 6 of Psalms chapter 104, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.

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Psalms 104:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.

5 He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.

6 You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

7 At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—

8 the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 1:2

Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Genesis 1:3

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Genesis 1:4

And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:5

God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

Genesis 1:6

And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”

Genesis 1:7

So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.

Genesis 1:8

God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

Genesis 1:9

And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:10

God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 7:19

Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.

2 Peter 3:5

But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

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