6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• Eccl 1:7 — All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
• Gen 1:9 — And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
• Gen 9:15 — And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
• Jer 5:22 — Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss
• Jer 5:22 — Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss
• Job 26:10 — He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
• Job 38:8 — Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
• Ps 33:7 — He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
• Ps 104:9 — Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
• Ps 104:9 — Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
• Ps 148:6 — He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.