Job 38:8
New Living Translation
8 “Who kept the sea inside its boundaries
as it burst from the womb,
Genesis 1:9
New Living Translation
9 Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” And that is what happened.
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Jeremiah 5:22
New Living Translation
22 Have you no respect for me?
Why don’t you tremble in my presence?
I, the Lord, define the ocean’s sandy shoreline
as an everlasting boundary that the waters cannot cross.
The waves may toss and roar,
but they can never pass the boundaries I set.
Proverbs 8:29
New Living Translation
29 I was there when he set the limits of the seas,
so they would not spread beyond their boundaries.
And when he marked off the earth’s foundations,
Psalm 104:8-9
New Living Translation
8 Mountains rose and valleys sank
to the levels you decreed.
9 Then you set a firm boundary for the seas,
so they would never again cover the earth.
Psalm 33:7
New Living Translation
7 He assigned the sea its boundaries
and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs.
Job 38:10
New Living Translation
10 For I locked it behind barred gates,
limiting its shores.
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