'Sea' in the Bible

Under it [were] figures of oxen all around it, ten cubits [high], encircling the sea all around. The oxen [were] in two rows {cast as one piece with it}.

[It was] standing upon twelve oxen, three facing north, and three facing west, and three facing south, and three facing east. The sea [was set] upon them from above, and all their hindquarters [faced] {inward}.

And he made ten basins. And he set five on the south and five on the north in which to wash; they washed off the work of the burnt offering in them, but the sea [was] for the priests to wash therein.

And he set the sea at the southeast [corner of the temple].

and the one sea and the twelve oxen underneath it.

Then Solomon went to Ezion-Geber, and to Elath, on the edge of the sea in the land of Edom.

And Huram sent to him, by the hand of his servants, ships and servants knowledgeable of the sea. And they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and from there they collected four hundred and fifty talents of gold and brought it to King Solomon.

And they came and reported [it] to Jehoshaphat, saying, "A great multitude from beyond the sea, from Aram, is coming against you. Now behold, [they are] in Hazazon Tamar" (that [is], En Gedi).

So they gave money to the stone craftsmen and skilled craftsmen, and food, drink, and olive oil to the Sidonians and Tyrians, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the authorization over them of Cyrus king of Persia.

"You saw the misery of our ancestors in Egypt, and you heard their shout at the Red Sea.

And you divided the sea before them, and they passed through the sea on dry ground, but their pursuers you threw into the depths like a stone into mighty waters.

King Ahasuerus imposed forced labor on the land and islands of the sea.

Am I [the] sea, or a sea monster, that you set a guard over me?

[He is the one] who alone stretches out [the] heavens and [who] tramples on [the] waves of [the] sea.

Its measure [is] longer than [the] earth and broader than [the] sea.

or ask the earth, and it will teach you, and the fishes of the sea will declare to you.

By his power he stilled the sea, and by his understanding he struck down Rahab.

The deep says, 'It [is] not in me,' and [the] sea says, 'It is not with me.'

Look, he scatters his lightning around him, and he covers the roots of the sea.

"Or [who] shut [the] sea in with doors at its bursting, [when] it went out of [the] womb,

It makes [the] deep boil like a cooking pot; it makes [the] sea like a pot of ointment.

[the] birds of [the] sky and the fish of the sea, [everything] that passes along the paths of seas.

Then the channels of [the] sea became visible, and [the] foundations of [the] world were uncovered by your rebuke, O Yahweh, by the {blast} of the wind of your nose.

[He] gathered the waters of the sea like a heap. [He] put [the] deeps in storehouses.

Therefore we will not fear though [the] earth change, and though the mountains totter into [the] {midst} of [the] sea,

He turned [the] sea into dry ground; they passed through the river on foot. There we rejoiced in him.

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

And may he rule from sea up to sea, and from [the] River to [the] edges of [the] land.

You split open [the] sea by your strength; You broke [the] heads of [the] sea monsters in the waters.

Your way [was] through the sea, and your path through many waters. Yet your footprints were not discerned.

He split the sea and caused them to go over, and he caused waters to stand like a heap.

And he led them safely and they were not afraid, but the sea covered their enemies.

It spread its branches to [the] sea and its shoots to [the] river.

You are ruling the surging of the sea. When its waves rise, {you yourself still} them.

And I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.

[Mightier] than the rumblings of many waters, [mightier] than [the] mighty breakers of [the] sea, Yahweh on high [is] mighty.

to whom belongs the sea that he made, and [the] dry land [that] his hands formed.

Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice. Let the sea with its fullness roar.

Let the sea with its fullness roar, [the] world and those who live in it.

This [is] the great and {wide} sea, in which [are] moving animals without number, living things small and great.

Our ancestors in Egypt did not understand your wonderful works. They did not remember your many acts of loyal love, and [so] they rebelled by [the] sea at {the Red Sea}.

So he rebuked {the Red Sea}, and it dried up, and he led them through the deep as [through] a desert.

wonders in the land of Ham, awesome deeds by {the Red Sea}.

[Those who] went down to the sea into ships, doing business on [the] {high seas},

The sea looked and fled; the Jordan turned back.

What's with you, O sea, [that] you fled? O Jordan, [that] you turned back?

To [him who] divided [the] {Red Sea} in two, for his loyal love [endures] forever.

But he tossed Pharaoh and his army into [the] {Red Sea}, for his loyal love [endures] forever.

If I lift up [the] wings of [the] dawn, [and] I alight on [the] far side of [the] sea,

who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that [is] in them, the one who keeps faith forever,

Praise Yahweh from the earth-- great sea creatures and all deeps,

{when he assigned} his limits to the sea, that waters shall not transgress his {command}, {when he marked} the foundations of the earth,

And you will be like him who lies down in the heart of the sea, and like him who lies down on top of a mast.

the way of the eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.

All the streams flow to the sea, but the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow.

And he will roar over him on that day like [the] roaring of [the] sea, and [if] one looks to the land, look! Darkness! Distress! And [the] light grows dark with its clouds.

{But there will be no gloom for those who were in distress}. In former times he treated [the] land of Zebulun and Naphtali with contempt, but in the future he will honor the way of the sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee [of] the nations.

For though your people Israel was like the sand of the sea, [only] a remnant of it will return. Annihilation [is] determined, overflowing [with] righteousness.

And Yahweh of hosts is going to swing a whip against him, as when Midian was defeated at the rock of Oreb; and his staff [will be] over the sea, and he will lift him up {as he did in Egypt}.

They will not injure and they will not destroy on all of my {holy mountain}, for the earth will be full [of the] knowledge [of] Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.

And this shall happen on that day: The Lord will again [extend] his hand a second [time] to acquire the remnant of his people that is left, from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coastlands of the sea,

And Yahweh will divide the tongue of the sea of Egypt, and he will wave his hand over the river with his scorching wind; and he will strike it into seven streams, and he will {make it passable by foot}.

For Heshbon withers the fields, the vine of Sibmah; rulers of nations have broken down her tendrils, they reached up to Jazer, they wandered [to the] desert; her shoots spread abroad, they crossed over [the] sea.

that sends messengers by the sea and in vessels of papyrus on [the] surface of [the] waters! Go, swift messengers, to a {tall} and {smooth} nation, to a people feared {near and far}, a {mighty, mighty} and trampling nation, whose land rivers divide.

And [the] waters will be dried up from the sea, and [the] river will be parched and dry.

The oracle of [the] wilderness of [the] sea: As storm winds passing over in the Negev, {it comes} from [the] desert, from a frightful land.

Be still, inhabitants of [the] coast, merchant of Sidon, who travels over [the] sea, they filled you.

Be ashamed, Sidon, for [the] sea, the fortress of the sea said, saying, "I was not in labor, and I have not given birth, and I have not reared young men, brought up young women.

He has stretched his hand out over the sea; he has made kingdoms shake. Yahweh has commanded concerning Canaan to destroy her fortresses.

Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, the name of Yahweh the God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea.

On that day, Yahweh will punish with his cruel, great and strong sword Leviathan, [the] fleeing serpent, and Leviathan, [the] twisting serpent, and he will kill the sea monster that [is] in the sea.

Sing a new song to Yahweh; praise him from the end of the earth, you who go down [to] the sea and that which fills it, [the] coastlands and their inhabitants.

Thus says Yahweh, who {makes} a way in the sea and a path in [the] mighty waters,

O that you had listened attentively to my commandments! Then your prosperity would have been like river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Why was there no man when I came, no one who answered when I called? {Do I lack the strength to save}? Or [is there] no power in me to deliver? Look! by my rebuke I dry up [the] sea; I {make} [the] rivers a desert; their fish stink because there is no water, and they die because of thirst.

Are you not the one who dried up [the] sea, [the] waters of [the] great deep, the one who {made} [the] depths of [the] sea a way for those who are redeemed to cross over?

For I [am] Yahweh, your God, who stirs up the sea, {so that} its waves roar; Yahweh of hosts [is] his name.

But the wicked [are] like the churning sea, that is not able to keep quiet, and its waters toss up mire and mud.

Then you shall see and you shall be radiant; and your heart shall tremble and open itself wide, because [the] abundance of [the] sea shall fall upon you; [the] wealth of [the] nations shall come to you.

Then his people remembered the days of old, [of] Moses. Where [is] the one who led up them from [the] sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where [is] the one who puts {his Holy Spirit} inside him,

Do you not revere me?" {declares} Yahweh, "Do you not tremble {before me}? For I have placed [the] sand [as] a boundary for the sea, {as an everlasting limit}, and it cannot pass over it, and they rise and fall loudly, but they cannot prevail, and its waves roar, but they cannot pass over it.

[The] bow and [the] short sword they grasp [are] cruel, and they show no mercy. Their sound roars like the sea, and on horses they ride, drawn up like a man for battle against you, O daughter of Zion."

and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland that [is] across the sea;

For thus says Yahweh of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the stands, and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city,

Thus says Yahweh, who gives [the] sun for light by day, the regulations of [the] moon and [the] stars for light [by] night, who stirs up the sea and its waves roar--Yahweh of hosts [is] his name.

As the host of heaven cannot be counted, and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will make numerous the offspring of David my servant and the Levites [who] minister [to] me.'"

{As I live}," {declares} the king, Yahweh of hosts [is] his name, "one will come like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.

How can you be quiet when Yahweh has given an order to it? Against Ashkelon and against the shore of the sea, there he has appointed it."

More than the weeping of Jazer I weep for you, O vine Sibmah. Your branches cross over [the] sea, up to the sea of Jazer they reach. Upon your summer fruit and upon your vintage [the] destroyer has fallen.

The earth will quake from the sound of their falling. A cry of distress! Their voice will be heard at {the Red Sea}.

Concerning Damascus: "Hamath and Arpad are ashamed, for they have heard bad news; they melt. [There is] concern in the sea. It is not able to keep quiet.

They keep hold of bow and short sword. They [are] cruel and they have no mercy. Their sound [is] like the sea, it roars, and upon horses they ride. Drawn up for battle as a man for the battle, against you, O daughter of Babylon.

Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me [and] sucked me dry; he has made me an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like the sea monster; he has filled his belly with my delicacies; he has rinsed me.

{Therefore} thus says Yahweh, "Look, I [am] going to contend your case, and I will avenge your vengeance, and I will cause her sea to dry up, and I will cause her fountain to dry up.

The sea has risen over Babylon, she has been covered by the roar of its waves.

And [the] Chaldeans broke the pillars of bronze that [were] in the {temple} of Yahweh, and the kettle stands and the sea of bronze that [were] in the {temple} of Yahweh, and they carried all their bronze [to] Babylon.

The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze oxen that [were] under the kettle stands which King Solomon had made for the {temple} of Yahweh--there was not a weight for the bronze of all these vessels!

What can I say for you? What can I compare to you, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you so that I can comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your destruction [is] as vast as the sea; who can heal you?

Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Look! I [am] against you, Tyre, and I will bring up against you many nations like the stirring up of the sea {stirring up its waves}.

It will become a place for spreading out dragnets in the midst of the sea; for I have spoken,' {declares} the Lord Yahweh. 'And it will become as plunder for the nations,