Psalms 104:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they may not return to cover the earth.

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  • Gen 9:11-15 : 11 And I will establish my covenant with you; never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth. 12 And God said, This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow 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; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
  • Job 26:10 : 10 He has encircled the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
  • Job 38:10-11 : 10 And fixed My limit for it, and set bars and doors, 11 And said, This far you shall come, but no further; and here shall your proud waves be stopped?
  • Jer 5:22 : 22 Do you not fear me? says the LORD: will you not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the boundary of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
  • Ps 33:7 : 7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; he lays up the depths 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 angry with you, nor rebuke you.

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  • Ps 104:5-8
    4 verses
    83%

    5Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.

    6You covered it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

    7At Your rebuke they fled; at the voice of Your thunder they hurried away.

    8They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys to the place which You have founded for them.

  • Prov 8:28-29
    2 verses
    78%

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

    29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not go beyond his command; when he appointed the foundations of the earth,

  • Job 26:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

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

    9He holds back the face of His throne and spreads His cloud upon it.

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

  • Ps 104:10
    76%

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

  • Job 38:10-13
    4 verses
    76%

    10And fixed My limit for it, and set bars and doors,

    11And said, This far you shall come, but no further; and here shall your proud waves be stopped?

    12Have you commanded the morning since your days began; and caused the dawn to know its place,

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

  • Job 12:15
    74%

    15Behold, He withholds the waters, and they dry up: also He sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

  • Ps 104:13
    73%

    13He waters the hills from His chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.

  • Ps 74:17
    73%

    17You have set all the borders of the earth: You have made summer and winter.

  • Ps 74:15
    72%

    15You cleaved open the fountain and the flood: You dried up mighty rivers.

  • Ps 104:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29You hide Your face, they are troubled: You take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

    30You send forth Your Spirit, they are created: and You renew the face of the earth.

  • Ps 89:11
    72%

    11The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours; as for the world and all its fullness, you have founded them.

  • Ps 148:6
    72%

    6He has also established them forever and ever; He has made a decree that shall not pass away.

  • Job 37:12
    71%

    12And it turns around by his counsel, so that they may do whatever he commands them on the face of the world in the earth.

  • Job 14:5
    71%

    5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with You; You have appointed his limits that he cannot pass;

  • Hab 3:10
    71%

    10The mountains saw You and trembled; the overflowing of the water passed by. The deep uttered its voice and lifted up its hands on high.

  • Job 22:11
    71%

    11Or darkness, that you cannot see; and an abundance of waters covers you.

  • Ps 73:9
    71%

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

  • Job 28:11
    71%

    11He binds the floods from overflowing; and the hidden thing he brings forth to light.

  • Job 11:9
    71%

    9Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

  • Job 38:34
    71%

    34Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that an abundance of water may cover you?

  • Ps 65:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Those also who dwell in the farthest parts are afraid at Your signs; You make the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

    9You visit the earth and water it; You greatly enrich it with the river of God, which is full of water; You prepare them grain, for so You have provided for it.

  • Ps 19:4
    71%

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

  • Ps 89:9
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    9You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.

  • Hab 1:14
    70%

    14You make men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler over them.

  • Job 9:7-8
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    70%

    7He commands the sun, and it does not rise; He seals up the stars.

    8He alone spreads out the heavens, and treads upon the waves of the sea.

  • Job 38:16
    70%

    16Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

  • Ps 8:8
    70%

    8The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

  • Neh 9:11
    70%

    11You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and You threw their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

  • Job 28:4
    70%

    4The flood breaks out from the dweller; even the waters forgotten by the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from mankind.

  • Exod 15:10
    70%

    10You blew with your wind, the sea covered them: they sank like lead in the mighty waters.

  • Gen 8:2
    70%

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

  • Job 28:9
    70%

    9He puts forth his hand on the rock; he overturns the mountains by the roots.

  • Jer 5:22
    70%

    22Do you not fear me? says the LORD: will you not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the boundary of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

  • Ps 73:18
    69%

    18Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.

  • Ps 114:8
    69%

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

  • Job 14:19
    69%

    19The waters wear away the stones; You wash away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth, and You destroy the hope of man.

  • Gen 7:19
    69%

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

  • Ps 107:33
    69%

    33He turns rivers into a wilderness, and the water springs into dry ground;