'Depths' in the Bible

Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the sources of the watery depths burst open, the floodgates of the sky were opened,

The sources of the watery depths and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky stopped.

The floods covered them;they sank to the depths like a stone.

The waters heaped up at the blast of Your nostrils;the currents stood firm like a dam.The watery depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

For fire has been kindled because of My angerand burns to the depths of Sheol;it devours the land and its produce,and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

He said about Joseph:May his land be blessed by the Lordwith the dew of heaven’s bountyand the watery depths that lie beneath;

The depths of the sea became visible,the foundations of the world were exposedat the rebuke of the Lord,at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

You divided the sea before them,and they crossed through it on dry ground.You hurled their pursuers into the depthslike a stone into churning waters.

Can you fathom the depths of Godor discover the limits of the Almighty?

The ocean depths say, “It’s not in me,”while the sea declares, “I don’t have it.”

See how He spreads His lightning around Himand covers the depths of the sea.

Have you traveled to the sources of the seaor walked in the depths of the oceans?

when water becomes as hard as stone,and the surface of the watery depths is frozen?

He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron;he makes the sea like an ointment jar.

The depths of the sea became visible,the foundations of the world were exposed,at Your rebuke, Lord,at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

He gathers the waters of the sea into a heap;He puts the depths into storehouses.

Therefore we will not be afraid,though the earth tremblesand the mountains toppleinto the depths of the seas,

But those who seek to destroy my lifewill go into the depths of the earth.

The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan;I will bring them back from the depths of the sea

You caused me to experiencemany troubles and misfortunes,but You will revive me again.You will bring me up again,even from the depths of the earth.

The waters saw You, God.The waters saw You; they trembled.Even the depths shook.

He split rocks in the wildernessand gave them drink as abundant as the depths.

For Your faithful love for me is great,and You deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.

You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,in the darkest places, in the depths.

The depths of the earth are in His hand,and the mountain peaks are His.

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;He led them through the depths as through a desert.

Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths,their courage melting away in anguish,

A song of ascents.Out of the depths I call to You, Yahweh!

Yahweh does whatever He pleasesin heaven and on earth,in the seas and all the depths.

My bones were not hidden from Youwhen I was made in secret,when I was formed in the depths of the earth.

Praise the Lord from the earth,all sea monsters and ocean depths,

By His knowledge the watery depths broke open,and the clouds dripped with dew.

I was bornwhen there were no watery depthsand no springs filled with water.

But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there,that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

“Ask for a sign from the Lord your God—from the depths of Sheol to the heights of heaven.”

But hail will level the forest,and the city will sink into the depths.

Rejoice, heavens, for the Lord has acted;shout, depths of the earth.Break out into singing, mountains,forest, and every tree in it.For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,and glorifies Himself through Israel.

who says to the depths of the sea, “Be dry,”and I will dry up your rivers;

and led them through the depthslike a horse in the wilderness,so that they did not stumble.

ק QofI called on Your name, Yahweh,from the depths of the Pit.

Now you are shattered by the seain the depths of the waters;your goods and the people within youhave gone down.

You threw me into the depths,into the heart of the seas,and the current overcame me.All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me.

The waters engulfed me up to the neck;the watery depths overcame me;seaweed was wrapped around my head.

He will again have compassion on us;He will vanquish our iniquities.You will cast all our sinsinto the depths of the sea.

Yahweh will pass through the sea of distressand strike the waves of the sea;all the depths of the Nile will dry up.The pride of Assyria will be brought down,and the scepter of Egypt will come to an end.

“But whoever causes the downfall of one of these little ones who believe in Me—it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned in the depths of the sea!

Three times I was beaten with rods by the Romans.Once I was stoned by my enemies.Three times I was shipwrecked.I have spent a night and a dayin the open sea.