King James Version

Psalms 104:9

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

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גְּֽבוּלgevulborderגְּבוּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “border”, the ordinary formH1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosedborder, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.שַׂ֭מְתָּsamtaputשׂוּםverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “put”, a completed actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…בַּלballestבַּלparticle, negative — “lest”H1077properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lestlest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.יַֽעֲבֹר֑וּןyaavorunalienateעָבַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, paragogic nun — “alienate”, an unfinished actionH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…בַּלballestבַּלparticle, negative — “lest”H1077properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lestlest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.יְ֝שׁוּב֗וּןyeshuvunagainשׁוּבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, paragogic nun — “again”, an unfinished actionH7725to 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((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…לְכַסּ֥וֹתlekhasotto coverכָּסָהpreposition, verb, piel, infinitive construct — “to cover”, the to-form of the verbH3680properly, 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. Compare H3780 (כָּשָׂה).הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou didst set a bound which they should not pass over, that they might not return to cover the earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou didst set a bound which they should not pass over, that they might not return to cover the earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass, neither shall they turn again to cover the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅριον ἔθου ὃ οὐ παρελεύσονται, οὐδὲ ἐπιστρέψουσι καλύψαι τὴν γῆν.