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 104:9
New Living Translation
9 Then you set a firm boundary for the seas,
so they would never again cover the earth.
Genesis 1:9-10
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. 10 God called the dry ground “land” and the waters “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
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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.
Psalm 104:5
New Living Translation
5 You placed the world on its foundation
so it would never be moved.
Job 38:4-11
New Living Translation
4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Tell me, if you know so much.
5 Who determined its dimensions
and stretched out the surveying line?
6 What supports its foundations,
and who laid its cornerstone
7 as the morning stars sang together
and all the angels[a] shouted for joy?
8 “Who kept the sea inside its boundaries
as it burst from the womb,
9 and as I clothed it with clouds
and wrapped it in thick darkness?
10 For I locked it behind barred gates,
limiting its shores.
11 I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come.
Here your proud waves must stop!’
Footnotes
- 38:7 Hebrew the sons of God.
Psalm 33:7
New Living Translation
7 He assigned the sea its boundaries
and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs.
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