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Psalms 104:8

They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

KJV

Memor fuit in sæculum testamenti sui ; verbi quod mandavit in mille generationes :

Vulgate

ἐμνήσθη εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα διαθήκης αὐτοῦ, λόγου οὗ ἐνετείλατο εἰς χιλίας γενεάς,

LXX

(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

ASV

יַעֲל֣וּ הָ֭רִים יֵרְד֣וּ בְקָע֑וֹת אֶל מְ֝ק֗וֹם זֶ֤ה יָסַ֬דְתָּ לָ/הֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בִקְעַ֣ת
bq't
noun · 20×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
הּ
h
verb · 41×
וֹ
v
noun · 398×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 8:5 — And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
  • Job 38:8 — Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
  • Prov 3:20 — By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
  • Ps 33:7 — He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.