Psalm 104:9 “You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover…”

Psalm 104:9

You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, that they don’t turn again to cover the earth.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

But thou hast set them a bounde, which they shall not passe: they shall not returne to couer the earth.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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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Cross references

“hast set”

Genesis 9:11–15 Job 26:10 Isaiah 54:9 Jeremiah 5:22 Psalm 33:7 Job 38:10

Genesis 9:11–15 · BSB

And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

Job 26:10 · BSB

He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

Isaiah 54:9 · BSB

“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.

Jeremiah 5:22 · BSB

Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but ca…

Psalm 33:7 · BSB

He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.

Job 38:10 · BSB

when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—

10He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.

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