Psalms 89:11

89:10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. Rahab: or, Egypt thy: Heb. the arm of thy strength

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. the fulness: or, all it containeth

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The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them.

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours: as for the world and the fullness thereof, you have founded them.

89:12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

What does Psalms 89:11 mean?

Psalms 89:11 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim), אֶרֶץ (ʼerets), תֵּבֵל (têbêl).

Hebrew interlinear

The

heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim/shaw-mah'-yim/H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)

are

thine,

the

earthאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

also

thine:

for

the

worldתֵּבֵלtêbêl/tay-bale'/H8398the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine

and

the

fulnessמְלֹאmᵉlôʼ/mel-o'/H4393fulness (literally or figuratively)

thereof,

thou

hast

foundedיָסַדyâçad/yaw-sad'/H3245to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult

them.

the

fulness:

or,

all

containeth

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 89:11.

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:15

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Genesis 1:17

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl: Heb. let fowl fly open: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven

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 2:1

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

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What does Psalms 89:11 say?

Psalms 89:11 (King James Version) reads: "The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. the fulness: or, all it containeth"

Is Psalms 89:11 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 89:11 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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