8 Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, 9 when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, 10 when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
Job 38:8–10
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Proverbs 8:27–29
27 I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, 28 when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth, 29 when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His comm…
Job 28:24–26
24 For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens. 25 When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters, 26 when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
2 Esdras 16:57–59
57 He searches the deep and its treasures. He has measured the sea and what it contains. (WEB) 58 He has shut the sea in the midst of the waters, and with his word, he hung the earth over the waters. (WEB) 59 He has spread out the sky like a vault. He has founded it over the waters. (WEB)
2 Samuel 22:11–13
11 He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind. 12 He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds. 13 From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.
Prayer of Manasseh 1:2–4
2 you who have made heaven and earth, with all their order, (WEB) 3 who have bound the sea by the word of your commandment, who have shut up the deep, and sealed it by your terrible and glorious name, (WEB) 4 whom all things fear, yes, tremble before your power, (WEB)
Job 38:24–26
24 In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth? 25 Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt, 26 to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,
Job 26:9–11
9 He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud. 10 He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. 11 The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
Isaiah 50:2–4
2 Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die…
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