Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Darkness » Exhibits God's power and greatness
Or who shut up the sea with doors when it broke forth and issued out of the womb? -- " When I made the clouds the garment of it, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,
Power » Divine power over nature exhibited by Christ, general examples of » The sea controlled
“He has inscribed a circular limit (the horizon) on the face of the waters
At the boundary between light and darkness.
“Or who enclosed the sea with doors
When it burst forth and went out of the womb;
And said, ‘This far you shall come, but no farther;
And here your proud waves shall stop’?
He gathers the waters of the sea together as in a wineskin;
He puts the deeps in storehouses.
You set a boundary [for the waters] that they may not cross over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.
When He set for the sea its boundary
So that the waters would not transgress [the boundaries set by] His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth—
‘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?]
Sea » The sea controlled
“He has inscribed a circular limit (the horizon) on the face of the waters
At the boundary between light and darkness.
“Or who enclosed the sea with doors
When it burst forth and went out of the womb;
And said, ‘This far you shall come, but no farther;
And here your proud waves shall stop’?
He gathers the waters of the sea together as in a wineskin;
He puts the deeps in storehouses.
You set a boundary [for the waters] that they may not cross over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.
When He set for the sea its boundary
So that the waters would not transgress [the boundaries set by] His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth—
‘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?]
the Sea » God » Set bounds to, by a perpetual decree
“He has inscribed a circular limit (the horizon) on the face of the waters
At the boundary between light and darkness.
“Or who enclosed the sea with doors
When it burst forth and went out of the womb;
And marked for it My appointed boundary and set bars and doors, And said, Thus far shall you come and no farther; and here shall your proud waves be stayed?