Psalm 104:5
New International Version
He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.

New Living Translation
You placed the world on its foundation so it would never be moved.

English Standard Version
He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.

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

King James Bible
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

New King James Version
You who laid the foundations of the earth, So that it should not be moved forever,

New American Standard Bible
He established the earth upon its foundations, So that it will not totter forever and ever.

NASB 1995
He established the earth upon its foundations, So that it will not totter forever and ever.

NASB 1977
He established the earth upon its foundations, So that it will not totter forever and ever.

Legacy Standard Bible
He founded the earth upon its place, So that it will not shake forever and ever.

Amplified Bible
He established the earth on its foundations, So that it will not be moved forever and ever.

Christian Standard Bible
He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be shaken.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be shaken.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He has prepared Earth upon its foundations that it will not move for an eternity of eternities.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Who establishes the earth on her sure foundation: it shall not be moved for ever.

Contemporary English Version
You built foundations for the earth, and it will never be shaken.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be moved for ever and ever.

English Revised Version
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved for ever.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You set the earth on its foundations so that it can never be shaken.

Good News Translation
You have set the earth firmly on its foundations, and it will never be moved.

International Standard Version
He established the earth on its foundations, so that it never falters.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Who didst establish the earth upon its foundations, That it should not be moved for ever and ever;

Literal Standard Version
He has founded earth on its bases, | It is not moved for all time and forever.

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

New American Bible
You fixed the earth on its foundation, so it can never be shaken.

NET Bible
He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be upended.

New Revised Standard Version
You set the earth on its foundations, so that it shall never be shaken.

New Heart English Bible
He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever and ever.

Webster's Bible Translation
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

World English Bible
He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.

Young's Literal Translation
He hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and for ever.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!
4He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants. 5He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved. 6You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD's, and upon them He has set the world.

Job 38:4
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

Psalm 24:2
For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.

Psalm 90:2
Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

Proverbs 8:29
when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.

Ecclesiastes 1:4
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.

Micah 6:2
Hear, O mountains, the LORD's indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:


Treasury of Scripture

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

who laid the foundations of the earth.

Psalm 24:2
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

Psalm 33:9
For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

Psalm 136:6
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

that is

Psalm 93:1
The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

Psalm 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.

Ecclesiastes 1:4
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

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Psalm 104
1. A meditation upon the mighty power
7. And wonderful providence of God
31. God's glory is eternal
33. The prophet vows perpetually to praise God














(5?18) The work of the third day of Creation in its two great divisions. (1) The separation of the land and water (Psalm 104:5-9); (2) the clothing of the earth with grass, herbs, and trees (Psalm 104:10-18). The poet, however, ranges beyond the Mosaic account, and already peoples the earth with the living creatures of the fifth day. "It is not a picture of still life like that of Genesis, but a living, moving, animated scene" (Perowne).

(5) Who laid . . .--Better, He fixed the earth on its foundations. (Comp. Job 38:4-6; Proverbs 8:29.)

The inconsistency of this with Job 26:7, "He laid the earth upon nothing," need not cause difficulty. Both treatments are poetical, not scientific. The word foundations implies stability and endurance (comp. Psalm 82:5), as in Shakespeare's . . .

Verse 5. - Who laid the foundations of the earth; rather, as in the margin, who founded the earth upon her bases; i.e. fixed the earth in its place, on bases - not necessarily material bases - which keep it steadily where it is (comp. Job 26:7). That it should not be removed forever (comp. Psalm 93:1).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He set
יָֽסַד־ (yā·saḏ-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3254: To add, augment

the earth
אֶ֭רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

its foundations,
מְכוֹנֶ֑יהָ (mə·ḵō·w·ne·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4349: A fixture, a basis, a place, as an abode

never
בַּל־ (bal-)
Adverb
Strong's 1077: A failure, nothing, not at all, lest

to be moved.
תִּ֝מּ֗וֹט (tim·mō·wṭ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 4131: To waver, to slip, shake, fall


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