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Psalms 104:9

What does Psalms 104:9 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 104:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

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

v.9This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 5:22

    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.

  • Job 38:10

    And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,

  • Job 26:10

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

  • Psalms 33:7

    He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.

  • Genesis 9:11

    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.

  • Isaiah 54:9

    For this isasthe 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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