Psalms 104:9

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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  • 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 a 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 nerations: 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 compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
  • Job 38:10-11 : 10 And brake up for it my decreed place, 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 the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which 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 an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
  • Isa 54:9 : 9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 104:5-8
    4 verses
    83%

    5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

    6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

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

    8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

  • Prov 8:28-29
    2 verses
    78%

    28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

    29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

  • Job 26:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

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

    9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

    10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

  • 10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.

  • Job 38:10-13
    4 verses
    76%

    10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

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

    12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

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

  • 15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

  • 13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

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

  • 15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

  • Ps 104:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

    30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

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

  • 6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.

  • 12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

  • 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

  • 10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.

  • 11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

  • 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

  • 11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

  • 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

  • 34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

  • Ps 65:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

    9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.

  • 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

  • 9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

  • 14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

  • Job 9:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

    8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

  • 16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

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    8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

  • 11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a sto into the mighty waters.

  • 4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

  • 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

  • 2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

  • 9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

  • 22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which 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?

  • 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

  • 8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

  • 19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

  • 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

  • 33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;