Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
Brake up for it my decreed place
General references
Bible References
Brake up for it my decreed place
Job 26:10
“He has inscribed a circular limit (the horizon) on the face of the waters
At the boundary between light and darkness.
“He has inscribed a circular limit (the horizon) on the face of the waters
At the boundary between light and darkness.
Genesis 1:9
Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place [of standing, pooling together], and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.
Genesis 9:15
and I will [compassionately] remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again will the water become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Psalm 104:9
You set a boundary [for the waters] that they may not cross over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.
You set a boundary [for the waters] that they may not cross over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.
Jeremiah 5:22
‘Do you not fear Me?’ says the Lord.
‘Do you not tremble [in awe] in My presence?
For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea,
An eternal decree and a perpetual barrier beyond which it cannot pass.
Though the waves [of the sea] toss and break, yet they cannot prevail [against the sand ordained to hold them back];
Though the waves and the billows roar, yet they cannot cross over [the barrier].
[Is not such a God to be feared?]
‘Do you not fear Me?’ says the Lord.
‘Do you not tremble [in awe] in My presence?
For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea,
An eternal decree and a perpetual barrier beyond which it cannot pass.
Though the waves [of the sea] toss and break, yet they cannot prevail [against the sand ordained to hold them back];
Though the waves and the billows roar, yet they cannot cross over [the barrier].
[Is not such a God to be feared?]
General references
Genesis 1:9
Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place [of standing, pooling together], and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.
Psalm 89:9
You rule the swelling of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them.
You rule the swelling of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them.