Psalms 104:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 9:11-15 : 11 And I will make my agreement with you; never again will all flesh be cut off by the waters; never again will the waters come over all the earth for its destruction. 12 And God said, This is the sign of the agreement which I make between me and you and every living thing with you, for all future generations: 13 I will put my bow in the cloud and it will be for a sign of the agreement between me and the earth. 14 And whenever I make a cloud come over the earth, the bow will be seen in the cloud, 15 And I will keep in mind the agreement between me and you and every living thing; and never again will there be a great flow of waters causing destruction to all flesh.
  • Job 26:10 : 10 By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.
  • Job 38:10-11 : 10 Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors; 11 And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?
  • Jer 5:22 : 22 Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.
  • Ps 33:7 : 7 He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.
  • Isa 54:9 : 9 For this is like the days of Noah to me: for as I took an oath that the waters of Noah would never again go over the earth, so have I taken an oath that I will not again be angry with you, or say bitter words to you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 104:5-8
    4 verses
    83%

    5He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever;

    6Covering it with the sea as with a robe: the waters were high over the mountains;

    7At the voice of your word they went in flight; at the sound of your thunder they went away in fear;

    8The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them.

  • Prov 8:28-29
    2 verses
    78%

    28When he made strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed:

    29When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:

  • Job 26:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.

    9By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.

    10By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.

  • Ps 104:10
    76%

    10You sent the springs into the valleys; they are flowing between the hills.

  • Job 38:10-13
    4 verses
    76%

    10Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;

    11And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?

    12Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place;

    13So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it?

  • Job 12:15
    74%

    15Truly, he keeps back the waters and they are dry; he sends them out and the earth is overturned.

  • Ps 104:13
    73%

    13He sends down rain from his store-houses on the hills: the earth is full of the fruit of his works.

  • Ps 74:17
    73%

    17By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you have made summer and winter.

  • Ps 74:15
    72%

    15You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.

  • Ps 104:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust.

    30If you send out your spirit, they are given life; you make new the face of the earth.

  • Ps 89:11
    72%

    11Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.

  • Ps 148:6
    72%

    6He has put them in their places for ever; he has given them their limits which may not be broken.

  • Job 37:12
    71%

    12And it goes this way and that, round about, turning itself by his guiding, to do whatever he gives orders to be done, on the face of his world of men,

  • Job 14:5
    71%

    5If his days are ordered, and you have knowledge of the number of his months, having given him a fixed limit past which he may not go;

  • Hab 3:10
    71%

    10The mountains saw you and were moved with fear; the clouds were streaming with water: the voice of the deep was sounding; the sun did not come up, and the moon kept still in her place.

  • Job 22:11
    71%

    11Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.

  • Ps 73:9
    71%

    9Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking through the earth.

  • Job 28:11
    71%

    11He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light.

  • Job 11:9
    71%

    9Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea.

  • Job 38:34
    71%

    34Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?

  • Ps 65:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Those in the farthest parts of the earth have fear when they see your signs: the outgoings of the morning and evening are glad because of you.

    9You have given your blessing to the earth, watering it and making it fertile; the river of God is full of water: and having made it ready, you give men grain.

  • Ps 19:4
    71%

    4Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has he put a tent for the sun,

  • Ps 89:9
    71%

    9You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.

  • Hab 1:14
    70%

    14He has made men like the fishes of the sea, like the worms which have no ruler over them.

  • Job 9:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.

    8By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:

  • Job 38:16
    70%

    16Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?

  • Ps 8:8
    70%

    8The birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatever goes through the deep waters of the seas.

  • Neh 9:11
    70%

    11By you the sea was parted before them, so that they went through the sea on dry land; and those who went after them went down into the deep, like a stone into great waters.

  • Job 28:4
    70%

    4He makes a deep mine far away from those living in the light of day; when they go about on the earth, they have no knowledge of those who are under them, who are hanging far from men, twisting from side to side on a cord.

  • Exod 15:10
    70%

    10You sent your wind and the sea came over them: they went down like lead into the great waters.

  • Gen 8:2
    70%

    2And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.

  • Job 28:9
    70%

    9Man puts out his hand on the hard rock, overturning mountains by the roots.

  • Jer 5:22
    70%

    22Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.

  • Ps 73:18
    69%

    18You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

  • Ps 114:8
    69%

    8Who made the rock into a water-spring, and the hard stone into a fountain.

  • Job 14:19
    69%

    19The stones are crushed small by the force of the waters; the dust of the earth is washed away by their overflowing: and so you put an end to the hope of man.

  • Gen 7:19
    69%

    19And the waters overcame everything on the earth; and all the mountains under heaven were covered.

  • Ps 107:33
    69%

    33He makes rivers into waste places, and springs of water into a dry land;