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Psalms 104:25

104:24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.

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There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.

So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.

So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.

104:26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. made: Heb. formed

What does Psalms 104:25 mean?

Psalms 104:25 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include גָּדוֹל (gâdôwl), רָחָב (râchâb), יָם (yâm).

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So
is
this
greatגָּדוֹלgâdôwl/gaw-dole'/H1419great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
and
wideרָחָבrâchâb/raw-khawb'/H7342roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively
sea,יָםyâm/yawm/H3220a 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
wherein
are
things
creepingרֶמֶשׂremes/reh'-mes/H7431a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal
innumerable,מִסְפָּרmiçpâr/mis-pawr'/H4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
both
smallקָטָןqâṭân/kaw-tawn'/H6996abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
and
greatגָּדוֹלgâdôwl/gaw-dole'/H1419great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
beasts.חַיchay/khah'-ee/H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 104:25.

Genesis 1:16

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. to rule the day: Heb. for the rule of the day, etc.

Genesis 1:21

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:24

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Genesis 1:25

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. moveth: Heb. creepeth

Genesis 19:11

And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

Genesis 27:15

And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: goodly: Heb. desirable

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What does Psalms 104:25 say?

Psalms 104:25 (King James Version) reads: "So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts."

Is Psalms 104:25 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 104:25 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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