Psalms 95 · Verse 5

Psalms 95:5

The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
Psalms 95:5, King James Version

Psalms 95:5 in other translations

BSBThe sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
WEBThe sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land.
ASVThe sea is his, and he made it; And his hands formed the dry land.
YLTWhose is the sea, and He made it, And His hands formed the dry land.
DARBYThe sea is his, and he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
BBEThe sea is his, and he made it; and the dry land was formed by his hands.
WebsterThe sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

What does Psalms 95:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 95:4-5

4-5. The terms used describe the world in its whole extent, subject to God.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 The sea is his - The sea and the dry land are equally his, for he has formed them both, and they are his property. He governs and disposes of them as he sees good. He is the absolute Master of universal nature. Therefore there is no other object of worship nor of confidence.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 95:1-11

Chapter Outline part. An exhortation to praise God. (1-7) A warning not to tempt Him. (7-11) Verses 1-7 Whenever we come into God's presence, we must come with thanksgiving. The Lord is to be praised; we do not want matter, it were well if we did not want a heart. How great is that God, whose the whole earth is, and the fulness thereof; who directs and disposes of all!, The Lord Jesus, whom we are here taught to…

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Psalms 95:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whomH834
ל֣וֹlo[belongs] to him
הַ֭יָּםHai.yomthe seaH3220
וְה֣וּאve.Hu'and heH1931
עָשָׂ֑הוּ'a.Sa.huhe made itH6213
וְ֝יַבֶּ֗שֶׁתve.ya.Be.shetand [the] dry landH3006
יָדָ֥יוya.Davhands hisH3027
יָצָֽרוּ\׃ya.Tza.ruthey formedH3335

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 95:5

  • Genesis 1:9-10

    And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

  • Proverbs 8:29

    When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

  • Psalms 146:6

    Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

  • Psalms 33:7

    He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

  • Jeremiah 5:22

    Fear 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?

  • Jonah 1:9

    And 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.

  • Job 38:10-11

    And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

  • Proverbs 8:26

    While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The sea is his. Heb. Whose the sea is.
33:7; Ge 1:9,10; Job 38:10,11; Pr 8:29; Jer 5:22
hands.
Pr 8:26

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 95:4

    In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.

  • Psalms 95:5

    The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

  • Psalms 95:6

    O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

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Psalms 95:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Suya también la mar, pues él la hizo; y sus manos formaron la seca.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
À lui est la mer, et lui-même l’a faite; et le sec, ses mains l’ont formé.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Dessen das Meer ist, er hat es ja gemacht; und das Trockene, seine Hände haben es gebildet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quoniam omnes dii gentium dæmonia; Dominus autem cælos fecit.