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 up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb?
Psalm 33:7
He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He puts the ocean depth in his storehouses.
Psalm 104:6
You covered it with the deep like a garment. The waters stood above the mountains.
Proverbs 8:29
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his command, when he appointed the foundations of the earth,
Jeremiah 5:22
Do you not reverence (respect) me? Asks Jehovah. Do you not tremble [with awe] in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier it cannot cross. Although the waves toss continuously, they cannot break through. Although they roar, they cannot cross it.

Until

Genesis 8:22
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will never cease.
Isaiah 54:9
To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again.

General references

Genesis 1:9
Then God said: Let the waters below the atmosphere be gathered into one place. Let the dry land appear. It was so.