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Amos 9:6

He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.

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ASV

it is he that buildeth his chambers in the heavens, and hath founded his vault upon the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name.

KJV

It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַבּוֹנֶ֤הha.bo.Nehwho buildsH1129 →
בַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙va.sha.Ma.yimin the heavensH8064 →
מַעֲלוֹתָ֔יוma.'a.lo.tovstairs hisH4609 →
וַאֲגֻדָּת֖וֹva.'a.gu.da.Toand vault hisH92 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
אֶ֣רֶץ'E.retz[the] earthH776 →
יְסָדָ֑הּye.sa.Dahhe has founds itH3245 →
הַקֹּרֵ֣אha.ko.Re'who summonsH7121 →
לְמֵֽי־le.mei-<to> [the] waters ofH4325 →
הַיָּ֗םhai.Yamthe seaH3220 →
וַֽיִּשְׁפְּכֵ֛םvai.yish.pe.Khemand he poured out themH8210 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440 →
הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →
יְהוָ֥הYah.weh[is] YahwehH3068 →
שְׁמֽוֹ׃she.Moname hisH8034 →

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Isaiah 42:5This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:Psalms 104:3laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.Amos 5:8He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—Amos 4:13For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”Psalms 135:6The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.Psalms 104:13He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.Genesis 6:17And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.Psalms 148:5Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.Exodus 3:14–15God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”Genesis 7:11–19In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.Psalms 104:5–6He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.Genesis 2:1Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.Job 37:6For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’Haggai 1:11I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”Jeremiah 33:2“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name:

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About Amos

The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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