Verse 9

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.