In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him.
Parallel translations
- WEB In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also his.
- KJV In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
- NKJV In His hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the hills are His also.
- NASB In whose hand are the depths of the earth, The peaks of the mountains are also His.
- NLT He holds in his hands the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains.
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Quick answer
The depths of the earth and the heights of the mountains belong to God. All creation, from lowest to highest, is in His hand.
Overview
God's kingship is shown by His ownership of the entire created order, from earth's depths to mountain peaks. Nothing lies outside His possession and control. As Creator and sustainer, He upholds all things, a work the New Testament ascribes to Christ (Colossians 1:16-17; Psalm 24:1).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Ps 135:6The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
- Hab 3:6He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
- Hab 3:10The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.
- Job 9:5He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.
- Nah 1:5The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.
- Ps 65:6You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.
- Job 11:10If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
- Ps 97:5The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
- Mic 1:4The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
- Ps 21:2You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
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