Psalms 104:6
You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
BSB
ASV
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.
KJV
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment. The new born earth was wrapped in aqueous swaddling bands. In the first ages, ere man appeared, the proud waters ruled the whole earth. The waters stood above the mountains, no dry land was visible, vapour as from a steaming cauldron covered all. Geologists inform us of this as a discovery, but the Holy Spirit had revealed the fact long before.
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2 Peter 3:5But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
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By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
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Genesis 7:19Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
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You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
through which the world of that time perished in the flood.