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 shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Psalm 33:7
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: he layeth up the depth in store-houses.
Psalm 104:6
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with 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 commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
Jeremiah 5:22
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though its waves toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

Until

Genesis 8:22
While the earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Isaiah 54:9
For this is as the waters of Noah to me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more overflow the earth; so have I sworn that I will not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

General references

Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.