Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

Compassed

Job 38:8
Who shut the sea with doors, when it brake forth as a child out of his mother's womb?
Psalm 33:7
He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as it were upon a heap, and layeth up the deep, as in a treasure-house.
Psalm 104:6
Thou coveredst it with the deep like as with a garment, so that the waters stand above the hills.
Proverbs 8:29
When he shut the sea within certain bounds, that the waters should not go over their marks. When he laid the foundations of the earth,
Jeremiah 5:22
Fear ye not me, sayeth the LORD? Are ye not ashamed, to look me in the face? Which bind the sea with the sand, so that it cannot pass his bounds: for though it rage, yet can it do nothing; and though the waves thereof do swell, yet may they not go over.

Until

Genesis 8:22
Neither shall sowing time and harvest, cold, and heat, summer and winter, day and night cease, as long as the earth endureth."
Isaiah 54:9
And this must be unto me as the water of Noah. For like as I have sworn that I will not bring the water of Noah any more upon the world: so have I sworn, that I will never be angry with thee, nor reprove thee.

General references

Genesis 1:9
And God said, "Let the waters that are under heaven gather themselves unto one place, that the dry land may appear." And it came so to pass.