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Psalms 104:9
Psalms 104:9 is verse 9 of Psalms chapter 104, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
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.
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Psalms 104:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible
7 At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—
8 the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—
9 You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
10 He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.
11 They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 33:7He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
Genesis 9:11And 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.”
Genesis 9:12And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
Genesis 9:13I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
Genesis 9:14Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
Genesis 9:15I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
Job 26:10He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
Job 38:10when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
Job 38:11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
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.
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 cannot cross it.