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Psalm 24

Psa. 24:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For he hath founded
yacad (Hebrew #3245)
to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult
KJV usage: appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, X sure.
Pronounce: yaw-sad'
Origin: a primitive root
it upon the seas
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
, and established
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
it upon the floods
nahar (Hebrew #5104)
a stream (including the sea; expec. the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
KJV usage: flood, river.
Pronounce: naw-hawr'
Origin: from 5102
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 33:6• 6By the word of Jehovah the heavens were made,{HR}And all their host by the breath of his mouth; (Psa. 33:6)
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Psa. 95:4• 4In his hand [are] the deep places of the earth,{HR}And the strength of mountains [is] his; (Psa. 95:4)
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Psa. 104:5‑6• 5He founded earth on its bases:{HR}It shall not be removed ever and ever.
 6With the deep as the garment thou didst cover it;{HR}Upon the mountains stood waters; (Psa. 104:5‑6)
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Psa. 136:6• 6To him that spread the earth upon the waters;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever. (Psa. 136:6)
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Gen. 1:9‑10• 9And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry [land] appear. And it was so.
 10And God called the dry [land] Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that [it was] good. (Gen. 1:9‑10)
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Job 38:4• 4Where wast thou when I founded the earth?{HR}Declare if thou hast understanding. (Job 38:4)
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Jer. 10:11‑16• 11Thus shall ye say unto them: The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.
 12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
 13When he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the end of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
 14Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
 15They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
 16The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name. (Jer. 10:11‑16)
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2 Peter 3:5‑7• 5For this escapeth their notice willingly, that by the word of God heavens were of old, and an earth having its subsistence out of water and through water;
 6by which [waters] the then world being overflowed with water perished.
 7But the now heavens and the earth by the same word have been stored with fire, being kept for a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. (2 Peter 3:5‑7)
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Psa. 93:1• 1Jehovah reigneth; [with] majesty he is clothed,{HR}[With] strength he girdeth himself:{HR}Yea the world is established,{HR}It shall not be moved. (Psa. 93:1)
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Psa. 96:10• 10Say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth!{HR}Yea, the world is established, it shall not be moved;{HR}He will judge the peoples in equity. (Psa. 96:10)
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Gen. 8:22• 22Henceforth all the days of the earth, seed and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. (Gen. 8:22)
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Job 38:8‑11• 8And [who] shut up the sea with doors,{HR}When it burst forth — came out of the womb,
 9When I made the cloud its garment,{HR}And thick darkness its swaddling-band,
 10And broke for it my law, and set bars and doors,
 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther,{HR}And here let one set against the pride of thy waves? (Job 38:8‑11)
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Jer. 5:22• 22Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over it? (Jer. 5:22)
• His first claim to all is that He is the Creator of all― “He hath founded it” (cf. Rev. 4:11). (“Psalm 24” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For it was he that founded it upon seas, and established it upon floods.

W. Kelly Translation

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For he hath founded it upon the seas,{HR}And upon the rivers he establisheth it.