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Psalms 104:3

104:2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

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He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

Who lays the beams of his chambers in the waters: who makes the clouds his chariot: who walks on the wings of the wind:

104:4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

What does Psalms 104:3 mean?

Psalms 104:3 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include קָרָה (qârâh), עֲלִיָּה (ʻălîyâh), מַיִם (mayim).

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Who
layeth
the
beamsקָרָהqârâh/kaw-raw'/H7136to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
of
his
chambersעֲלִיָּהʻălîyâh/al-ee-yaw'/H5944something lofty, i.e. a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky
in
the
waters:מַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
who
makethשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
the
cloudsעָבʻâb/awb/H5645properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
his
chariot:רְכוּבrᵉkûwb/rek-oob'/H7398a vehicle (as ridden on)
who
walkethהָלַךְhâlak/haw-lak'/H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
upon
the
wingsכָּנָףkânâph/kaw-nawf'/H3671an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle
of
the
wind:רוּחַrûwach/roo'-akh/H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 104:3.

1 Kings 22:27

And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

2 Chronicles 18:26

And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

Genesis 8:3

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. continually: Heb. in going and returning

Isaiah 41:22

Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. consider: Heb. set our heart upon them

Psalms 107:33

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

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What does Psalms 104:3 say?

Psalms 104:3 (King James Version) reads: "Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:"

Is Psalms 104:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 104:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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