Psalm 104:9
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
You setמְתָּ
(me·ta)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
a boundaryגְּֽבוּלשַׂ֭־
(ge·vu·l·l-)
1366: border, boundary, territoryfrom an unused word
that they may not pass over,יַֽעֲבֹר֑וּן
(ya·'a·vo·run;)
5674a: to pass over, through, or by, pass ona prim. root
So that they will not returnיְ֝שׁוּב֗וּן
(ye·shu·vun)
7725: to turn back, returna prim. root
to coverלְכַסֹּ֥ות
(le·chas·so·vt)
3680: to covera prim. root
the earth.הָאָֽרֶץ׃
(ha·'a·retz.)
776: earth, landa prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
Thou hast set
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
a bound
gbuwl  (gheb-ool')
a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extens. the territory inclosed -- border, bound, coast, great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
that they may not pass over
`abar  (aw-bar')
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
that they turn not again
shuwb  (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
to cover
kacah  (kaw-saw')
to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy) -- clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm.
the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
You set a boundary that they may not pass over, So that they will not return to cover the earth.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You set a boundary they cannot cross; they will never cover the earth again.

International Standard Version
You have set a boundary they cannot cross; they will never again cover the earth.

NET Bible
You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
You have set borders for them which they will not cross and cover the earth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Water cannot cross the boundary you set and cannot come back to cover the earth.

King James 2000 Bible
You have set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
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