Psalm 104:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

You have set a boundary [for the waters] which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to deluge the earth.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

You set a boundary they cannot cross so they’ll never again cover the earth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

which he assigned to Abraham, and his oath to Isaac.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Psalm 104:9 Cross References

Job 26:10

He has described a circle on the face of the waters, at the boundary between light and darkness.

Psalm 33:7

He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle; he put the deeps in storehouses.

Isaiah 54:9

This is like the days of Noah to me: Just as I swore that the waters of Noah would never again go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you and will not rebuke you.

Jeremiah 5:22

Do you not fear me? says the Lord; Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as a boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.