Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them.
New American Standard Bible
So that they will not return to cover the earth.
King James Version
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Holman Bible
they will never cover the earth again.
International Standard Version
You have set a boundary they cannot cross; they will never again cover the earth.
A Conservative Version
Thou have set a bound that they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.
American Standard Version
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.
Amplified
You set a boundary [for the waters] that they may not cross over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.
Darby Translation
Thou hast set a bound which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou didst set a bound they shall not pass over; they shall not turn bark to cover the earth.
King James 2000
You have set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You set a boundary that they may not cross over, [so that] they would not return to cover the earth.
Modern King James verseion
You have set a bound that they may not pass over, so that they do not turn again to cover the earth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou hast set them their bounds, which they may not pass, that they turn not again to cover the earth.
NET Bible
You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.
New Heart English Bible
You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they do not turn again to cover the earth.
The Emphasized Bible
Bounds, hast thou set, which they are not to pass over, They are not to return to cover the earth.
Webster
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
World English Bible
You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they don't turn again to cover the earth.
Youngs Literal Translation
A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth.
Themes
Earth » Primitive condition of
Mountains » Are the sources of springs and rivers
Power » Divine power over nature exhibited by Christ, general examples of » The sea controlled
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Preserving the course of nature
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 104:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise To Yahweh For His Creation And Providence
8 The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them. 9 You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them. 10 You sent the springs into the valleys; they are flowing between the hills.
Cross References
Genesis 9:11-15
And I will make my agreement with you; never again will all flesh be cut off by the waters; never again will the waters come over all the earth for its destruction.
Job 26:10
By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.
Job 38:10-11
Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;
Jeremiah 5:22
Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.
Psalm 33:7
He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.
Isaiah 54:9
For this is like the days of Noah to me: for as I took an oath that the waters of Noah would never again go over the earth, so have I taken an oath that I will not again be angry with you, or say bitter words to you.