Psalms 104:9

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

You have set a border, they do not pass over, || They do not turn back to cover the earth.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC103:9

Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass over; neither shall they return to cover the earth.

GNV

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

JPS

Thou didst set a bound which they should not pass over, that they might not return to cover the earth.

LXXE103:9

Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass, neither shall they turn again to cover the earth.

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Original-language editions

WLC

גְּֽבוּל־שַׂ֭מְתָּ בַּל־יַֽעֲבֹר֑וּן בַּל־יְ֝שׁוּב֗וּן לְכַסּ֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃

LXX-Br103:9

Ὅριον ἔθου ὃ οὐ παρελεύσονται, οὐδὲ ἐπιστρέψουσι καλύψαι τὴν γῆν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 38:10–11when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
• Genesis 9:11–15And 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.” And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making…
• Jeremiah 5:22Do 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…
• Isaiah 54:9“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.
• Job 26:10He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
• Psalms 33:7He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.

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