Psalm 104:9 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁹ Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ 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)

⁹ Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.

Common English Bible

⁹ You set a boundary they cannot cross so they’ll never again cover the earth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ which he assigned to Abraham, and his oath to Isaac.

Psalm 104:9 Cross References

Jeremiah 5:22

Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which 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?

Isaiah 54:9

For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

Job 26:10

He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

Psalm 33:7

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.