Psalms 104:9

104:8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. They go up: or, The mountains ascend, the valleys descend

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

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You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they don’t turn again to cover the earth.

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

You have set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

104:10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. He: Heb. Who run: Heb. walk

What does Psalms 104:9 mean?

Psalms 104:9 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שׂוּם (sûwm), גְּבוּל (gᵉbûwl), עָבַר (ʻâbar).

Hebrew interlinear

Thou

hast

setשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

boundגְּבוּלgᵉbûwl/gheb-ool'/H1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed

that

they

may

not

pass

over;עָבַרʻâbar/aw-bar'/H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)

that

they

turn

not

againשׁוּבshûwb/shoob/H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

coverכָּסָהkâçâh/kaw-saw'/H3680properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)

the

earth.אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 104:9.

Genesis 31:21

So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

Genesis 32:16

And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

Genesis 47:21

And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

Genesis 9:23

And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 104:9 say?

Psalms 104:9 (King James Version) reads: "Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth."

Is Psalms 104:9 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 104:9 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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