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
“Or who enclosed the sea with doors
When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;
Psalm 33:7
He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap;
He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
Psalm 104:6
You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
The waters were standing above the mountains.
Proverbs 8:29
When He set for the sea its boundary
So that the water would not transgress His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth;
Jeremiah 5:22
‘Do you not fear Me?’ declares the Lord.
‘Do you not tremble in My presence?
For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea,
An eternal decree, so it cannot cross over it.
Though the waves toss, yet they cannot prevail;
Though they roar, yet they cannot cross over it.

Until

Genesis 8:22
“While the earth remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
And cold and heat,
And summer and winter,
And day and night
Shall not cease.”
Isaiah 54:9
“For this is like the days of Noah to Me,
When I swore that the waters of Noah
Would not flood the earth again;
So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
Nor will I rebuke you.

General references

Genesis 1:9
Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.

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