Proverbs 8:29
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29 when he assigned to the sea its limit,
so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,(A)
Psalm 104:9
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9 You set a boundary that they may not pass,
so that they might not again cover the earth.(A)
Genesis 1:9-10
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9 And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.(A) 10 God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.(B)
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Jeremiah 5:22
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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.(A)
Psalm 104:5
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5 You set the earth on its foundations,
so that it shall never be shaken.(A)
Job 38:4-11
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4 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.(A)
5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
6 On what were its bases sunk,
or who laid its cornerstone(B)
7 when the morning stars sang together
and all the heavenly beings[a] shouted for joy?(C)
8 “Or who shut in the sea with doors
when it burst out from the womb,(D)
9 when I made the clouds its garment
and thick darkness its swaddling band,(E)
10 and prescribed bounds for it,
and set bars and doors,(F)
11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come and no farther,
and here shall your proud waves be stopped’?(G)
Footnotes
- 38.7 Heb sons of God
Psalm 33:7
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7 He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle;
he put the deeps in storehouses.
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