Psalms 104:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.”
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“You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 104:9 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 9:11And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
- Job 26:10He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
- Job 38:10when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
- Job 38:11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
- Psalms 33:7He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
- Isaiah 54:9“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
- 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.
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