Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains.
You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. [Gen. 1:2; II Pet. 3:5.]
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.
You covered it with the watery deep like a piece of clothing; the waters were higher than the mountains!
you offspring of Abraham his servant, you sons of Jacob his elect.
O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: