King James Version
Psalms 104:9 in the King James Version says “Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 104 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.”
Psalms 104:9 · KJV
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
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.
He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. He: Heb. Who run: Heb. walk
They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. quench: Heb. break
KJV Study — Public Domain
“a bound”
H1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
“Thou hast set”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“that they may not pass over”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“that they turn not again”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“to cover”
H3680properly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
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