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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• 11{i}Thus 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.{/i}
 12{i}He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.{/i}
 13{i}When 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.{/i}
 14{i}Every 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.{/i}
 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• 22{i}Will 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?{/i} (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.