KJV King James Version
The sea [is] his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry [land].
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Psalm 95:5
The sea [is] his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry [land].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
WEB World English Bible
The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land.
ASV American Standard Version
The sea is his, and he made it; And his hands formed the dry land.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Whose is the sea, and He made it, And His hands formed the dry land.
Surrounding context — Psalm 95
2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
3 For the LORD [is] a great God, and a great King above all gods.
4 In his hand [are] the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills [is] his also.
5 The sea [is] his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry [land].
6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
7 For he [is] our God; and we [are] the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [and] as [in] the day of temptation in the wilderness:
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Genesis 1:9-10And 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 1:9And 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].Proverbs 8:29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:Psalm 146:6Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein [is]: which keepeth truth for ever:Psalm 33:7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.Proverbs 8:26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.Job 38:10-11And brake up for it my decreed [place], and set bars and doors,Jeremiah 5:22Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand [for] the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
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