Psalms 104:9
You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, that they don’t turn again to cover the earth.This verse in the real world
In what words
- כָּסָהkâçâhproperly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrec
- גְּבוּלgᵉbûwlproperly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territor
- עָבַרʻâbarto cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intr
- שׂוּםsûwmto put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and e
- שׁוּבshûwbto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Job 38:10–11, Gen 9:11–15, Isa 54:9, Jer 5:22, Job 26:10, Psa 33:7