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Psalms 95:5

The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

KJV

Quoniam omnes dii gentium dæmonia ; Dominus autem cælos fecit.

Vulgate

ὅτι πάντες οἱ θεοὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν δαιμόνια, ὁ δὲ κύριος τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ἐποίησεν.

LXX

The sea is his, and he made it; And his hands formed the dry land.

ASV

אֲשֶׁר ל֣/וֹ הַ֭/יָּם וְ/ה֣וּא עָשָׂ֑/הוּ וְ֝/יַבֶּ֗שֶׁת יָדָ֥י/ו יָצָֽרוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
ה
h
noun · 393×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
וֹ
v
verb · 63×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יַּבָּֽשֶׁת
ybsht
noun · 2×

Historic Christian voices

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

§2628Adoration is the first attitude of man acknowledging that he is a creature before his Creator. It exalts the greatness of the Lord who made us99 and the almighty power of the Savior who sets us free from evil. Adoration is homage of the spirit to the "King of Glory,"100 respectful silence in the presence of the "ever greater" God.101 Adoration of the thrice-holy and sovereign G…
Chapter 34.—Of the Idea that the Angels Were Meant Where the Separation of the Waters by the Firmament is Spoken Of, and of that Other Idea that the Waters Were Not Created. Some,521521 Augustin himself published this idea in his Conf. xiii. 32 but afterwards retracted it, as “said without sufficient consideration” (Retract. II. vi. 2). Epiphanius and Jerome ascribe it to Orige…
Can God be named by us? Are any names applied to God predicated of Him substantially? Are any names applied to God said of Him literally, or are all to be taken metaphorically? Are any names applied to God synonymous? Are some names applied to God and to creatures univocally or equivocally? Supposing they are applied analogically, are they applied first to God or to creatures? …

Cross-references

  • Gen 1:9 — And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
  • Gen 1:9 — And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
  • Jonah 1:9 — And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
  • Ps 146:6 — Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
  • Ps 148:5 — Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.