Psalms 104:5

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

[Who] laid the foundations of the earth, [that] it should not be removed for ever.

Complete Jewish Bible:

You fixed the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.

Berean Standard Bible:

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

American Standard Version:

Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Who laid{H3245} the foundations{H4349} of the earth{H776}, that it should not be removed{H4131} for ever{H5769}{H5703}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Job 26:7

  • He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and] hangeth the earth upon nothing.

Psalms 24:2

  • For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

Psalms 33:9

  • For he spake, and it was [done]; he commanded, and it stood fast.

Psalms 96:10

  • ¶ Say among the heathen [that] the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

2 Peter 3:10

  • But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Psalms 136:6

  • To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

Revelation 20:11

  • ¶ And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

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Commentary for Psalms 104:5

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H3245
    There are 41 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָסַד
    Transliteration: yâçad
    Pronunciation: yaw-sad'
    Description: a primitive root; to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult; appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, [idiom] sure.
  2. Strong's Number: H4349
    There are 17 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מָכוֹן
    Transliteration: mâkôwn
    Pronunciation: maw-kone'
    Description: from כּוּן; properly, a fixture, i.e. a basis; generally a place, especially as an abode; foundation, habitation, (dwelling-, settled) place.
  3. Strong's Number: H776
    There are 2739 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֶרֶץ
    Transliteration: ʼerets
    Pronunciation: eh'-rets
    Description: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
  4. Strong's Number: H4131
    There are 36 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מוֹט
    Transliteration: môwṭ
    Pronunciation: mote
    Description: a primitive root; to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall; be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, [idiom] exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-) moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.
  5. Strong's Number: H5769
    There are 414 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עוֹלָם
    Transliteration: ʻôwlâm
    Pronunciation: o-lawm'
    Description: or עֹלָם; from עָלַם; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always; alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare נֶצַח, עַד.
  6. Strong's Number: H5703
    There are 49 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עַד
    Transliteration: ʻad
    Pronunciation: ad
    Description: from עָדָה; properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e. (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or without a preposition); eternity, ever(-lasting, -more), old, perpetually, [phrase] world without end.