And God said, (A)“Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

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And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place,(A) and let dry ground(B) appear.” And it was so.(C)

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For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth (A)was formed out of water and through water (B)by the word of God,

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But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word(A) the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.(B)

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And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear (A)the Lord, the God of heaven, (B)who made the sea and the dry land.”

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He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord,(A) the God of heaven,(B) who made the sea(C) and the dry land.(D)

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

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22 Should you not fear(A) me?” declares the Lord.
    “Should you not tremble(B) in my presence?
I made the sand a boundary for the sea,(C)
    an everlasting barrier it cannot cross.
The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail;
    they may roar,(D) but they cannot cross it.

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The sea is his, for (A)he made it,
    and his hands formed (B)the dry land.

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The sea is his, for he made it,
    and his hands formed the dry land.(A)

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All (A)streams run to the sea,
    but the sea is not full;
to the place where the streams flow,
    there they flow again.

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All streams flow into the sea,
    yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
    there they return again.(A)

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28 when he (A)made firm the skies above,
    when he established[a] the fountains of the deep,
29 when he (B)assigned to the sea its (C)limit,
    so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out (D)the foundations of the earth,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:28 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

28 when he established the clouds above(A)
    and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,(B)
29 when he gave the sea its boundary(C)
    so the waters would not overstep his command,(D)
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.(E)

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He gathers the waters of the sea as (A)a heap;
    he (B)puts the deeps in storehouses.

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He gathers the waters(A) of the sea into jars[a];(B)
    he puts the deep into storehouses.

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  1. Psalm 33:7 Or sea as into a heap

He (A)set the earth on its foundations,
    so that it should never be moved.
You (B)covered it with the deep as with a garment;
    the waters stood above the mountains.
At (C)your rebuke they fled;
    at (D)the sound of your thunder they (E)took to flight.
The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
    to the place that you (F)appointed for them.
You set (G)a boundary that they may not pass,
    so that they (H)might not again cover the earth.

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He set the earth(A) on its foundations;(B)
    it can never be moved.
You covered it(C) with the watery depths(D) as with a garment;
    the waters stood(E) above the mountains.
But at your rebuke(F) the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder(G) they took to flight;
they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned(H) for them.
You set a boundary(I) they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.

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10 He has inscribed (A)a circle on the face of the waters
    at the boundary between light and darkness.

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10 He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters(A)
    for a boundary between light and darkness.(B)

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The King of Glory

A Psalm of David.

24 (A)The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof,[a]
    the world and those who dwell therein,
for he has (B)founded it upon (C)the seas
    and established it upon the rivers.

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  1. Psalm 24:1 Or and all that fills it

Psalm 24

Of David. A psalm.

The earth is the Lord’s,(A) and everything in it,
    the world, and all who live in it;(B)
for he founded it on the seas
    and established it on the waters.(C)

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“Or who (A)shut in the sea with doors
    when it burst out from the womb,
when I made clouds its garment
    and (B)thick darkness its swaddling band,
10 and prescribed (C)limits for it
    and set bars and doors,
11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
    and here shall your (D)proud waves be stayed’?

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“Who shut up the sea behind doors(A)
    when it burst forth from the womb,(B)
when I made the clouds its garment
    and wrapped it in thick darkness,(C)
10 when I fixed limits for it(D)
    and set its doors and bars in place,(E)
11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;(F)
    here is where your proud waves halt’?(G)

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and swore by (A)him who lives forever and ever, (B)who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there would be no more delay,

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And he swore(A) by him who lives for ever and ever,(B) who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it,(C) and said, “There will be no more delay!(D)

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