Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them. New Living Translation Mountains rose and valleys sank to the levels you decreed. English Standard Version The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them. Berean Standard Bible the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them— King James Bible They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. New King James Version They went up over the mountains; They went down into the valleys, To the place which You founded for them. New American Standard Bible The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them. NASB 1995 The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them. NASB 1977 The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the place which Thou didst establish for them. Legacy Standard Bible The mountains went up; the valleys went down To the place which You founded for them. Amplified Bible The mountains rose, the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them. Christian Standard Bible mountains rose and valleys sank — to the place you established for them. Holman Christian Standard Bible mountains rose and valleys sank— to the place You established for them. American Standard Version (The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them. Aramaic Bible in Plain English They went up the mountains and they came down the valleys into the place which you prepared for them. Brenton Septuagint Translation They go up to the mountains, and down to the plains, to the place which thou hast founded for them. Contemporary English Version down the mountains and through the valleys to the place you prepared. Douay-Rheims Bible The mountains ascend, and the plains descend into the place which thou hast founded for them. English Revised Version They went up by the mountains, they went down by the valleys, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them. GOD'S WORD® Translation The mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place you appointed for them. Good News Translation They flowed over the mountains and into the valleys, to the place you had made for them. International Standard Version Mountains rise up and valleys sink to the place you have ordained for them. JPS Tanakh 1917 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down-- Unto the place which Thou hadst founded for them; Literal Standard Version They go up hills—they go down valleys, | To a place You have founded for them. Majority Standard Bible the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them— New American Bible They rushed up the mountains, down the valleys to the place you had fixed for them. NET Bible as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down--to the place you appointed for them. New Revised Standard Version They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys to the place that you appointed for them. New Heart English Bible The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them. Webster's Bible Translation They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys to the place which thou hast founded for them. World English Bible The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them. Young's Literal Translation They go up hills -- they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!…7At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away— 8the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them— 9You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.… Cross References Psalm 33:7 He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses. Psalm 104:9 You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth. Treasury of Scripture They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys to the place which you have founded for them. they go up, etc. Genesis 8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. Jump to Previous Appoint Assigned Established Flowed Founded Hadst Hills Mountains Ready Rose Sank ValleysJump to Next Appoint Assigned Established Flowed Founded Hadst Hills Mountains Ready Rose Sank ValleysPsalm 104 1. A meditation upon the mighty power7. And wonderful providence of God 31. God's glory is eternal 33. The prophet vows perpetually to praise God (8) They go up.--This translation is grammatically possible, but is inconsistent with the preceding description. It is better therefore to take the clause parenthetically, and to make hills and valleys the subjects. Hills rise, valleys sink, an interesting anticipation of the disclosures of geology, which, though in a different sense, tells of the upheaval of mountains and depression of valleys. Two passages in Ovid have been adduced in illustration (Met. i. 43, 344). And Milton, no doubt with the psalm as well as Ovid in his mind, wrote "Immediately the mountains huge appear Emergent," &c--Paradise Lost, book vii. Verse 8. - They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys; rather, they went up mountains; they went down valleys. In the general commotion of the waters, as they "hasted away," sometimes vast waves swept over mountain tops, sometimes huge floods washed down the courses of valleys - a graphic description of the scene which no eye saw, but which the poet figures to himself - a turmoil and confusion beyond that even of the great Deluge itself (see Genesis 7:17-19; Genesis 8:1-3). Unto the place which thou hast (rather, hadst) founded for them. The ocean bed, which had, in intention, been already prepared to receive them.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew the mountainsהָ֭רִים (hā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country rose יַעֲל֣וּ (ya·‘ă·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively and the valleys בְקָע֑וֹת (ḇə·qā·‘ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1237: A split, a wide level valley between mountains sank יֵרְד֣וּ (yê·rə·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the place מְ֝ק֗וֹם (mə·qō·wm) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition You appointed יָסַ֬דְתָּ (yā·saḏ·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3245: To set, to found, to sit down together, settle, consult for them— לָהֶֽם׃ (lā·hem) Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They Links Psalm 104:8 NIVPsalm 104:8 NLT Psalm 104:8 ESV Psalm 104:8 NASB Psalm 104:8 KJV Psalm 104:8 BibleApps.com Psalm 104:8 Biblia Paralela Psalm 104:8 Chinese Bible Psalm 104:8 French Bible Psalm 104:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 104:8 The mountains rose the valleys sank down (Psalm Ps Psa.) |