Psalms 104:9

American Standard Version (1901)

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 9:11-15 : 11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. 12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud, 15 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
  • Job 26:10 : 10 He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.
  • Job 38:10-11 : 10 And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
  • Jer 5:22 : 22 Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
  • Ps 33:7 : 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.
  • Isa 54:9 : 9 For this is [as] the waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

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    5Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.

    6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.

    7At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away

    8(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

  • Prov 8:28-29
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    78%

    28When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,

    29When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

  • Job 26:8-10
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    77%

    8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.

    9He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.

    10He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.

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    10He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; They run among the mountains;

  • Job 38:10-13
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    10And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,

    11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

    12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [And] caused the dayspring to know its place;

    13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

  • Job 12:15
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    15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

  • Ps 104:13
    73%

    13He watereth the mountains from his chambers: The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.

  • Ps 74:17
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    17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.

  • Ps 74:15
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    15Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.

  • Ps 104:29-30
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    72%

    29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.

    30Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; And thou renewest the face of the ground.

  • Ps 89:11
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    11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

  • Ps 148:6
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    6He hath also established them for ever and ever: He hath made a decree which shall not pass away.

  • Job 37:12
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    12And it is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them Upon the face of the habitable world,

  • Job 14:5
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    5Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

  • Hab 3:10
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    10The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.

  • Job 22:11
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    11Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

  • Ps 73:9
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    9They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

  • Job 28:11
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    11He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

  • Job 11:9
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    9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.

  • Job 38:34
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    34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?

  • Ps 65:8-9
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    8They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

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  • Exod 15:10
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    19The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.

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