18 occurrences in 11 translations

'Billows' in the Bible

And say, 'Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'

Verse ConceptsWavesDivine Power Over NatureMighty in its influenceThe Ocean

Smoke billows from his nostrilsas from a boiling pot or burning reeds.

Verse ConceptsReedsSmokeNostrilsWeedsmokingpotSmoke Used Poetically

And I am Jehovah thy God, Quieting the sea, when its billows roar, Jehovah of Hosts is His name.

Verse ConceptsCovering The MouthWavesI Am The LordThe Sea Stirred UpThe OceanThe Sea

Me do ye not fear, an affirmation of Jehovah? From My presence are ye not pained? Who hath made sand the border of the sea, A limit age-during, and it passeth not over it, They shake themselves, and they are not able, Yea, sounded have its billows, and they pass not over.

Verse ConceptsBoundariesSandSeaAttitudes Of RespectOceansAweWavesDivine Power Over NatureBarriersEternal WorldLimits For The SeaSand And GravelFear God!

Thus said Jehovah, Who is giving the sun for a light by day, The statutes of moon and stars for a light by night, Quieting the sea when its billows roar, Jehovah of Hosts is His name:

Verse ConceptsFate, And FatalismAstronomyCommands, in OTLight, NaturalMoonNatureOceansOrderly PatternsGod As A WarriorHis Name Is The LordSun Moon And Stars Before GodThe Sea Stirred UpSunshineThe Moon

Come up against Babylon hath the sea, With a multitude of its billows it hath been covered.

Verse ConceptsSeaWavesThe Sea Stirred UpSea, Metaphorical ReferencesThe Ocean

For Jehovah is spoiling Babylon, And hath destroyed out of it a great voice, And sounded have its billows as many waters, Given forth a noise hath their voice.

Verse ConceptsSilenceDestruction Of BabylonBabylon DestroyedSoundRoar Of Nations

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am against thee, O Tyre, And have caused to come up against thee many nations, As the sea causeth its billows to come up.

Verse ConceptsProphets, Role OfSeaThings Like The SeaSea, Metaphorical References

For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

Verse ConceptsChaosHeart, HumanMonotonySevere AfflictionsThrowing PeopleSinkingIn The Heart Of The SeaSwampedDeep Seaswaterfalls

And He hath passed over through the sea, And hath pressed and smitten billows in the sea, And dried up have been all depths of a flood, And brought down hath been the excellency of Asshur, And the rod of Egypt doth turn aside.

Verse ConceptsdrynessChaosSceptreSeaArrogance, Punishment OfWavesWaters Drying UpPeople Lacking AuthorityThe Proud Will Be AbasedSea, Metaphorical References

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Billow (3 instances)
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