Parallel Strong's Berean Study Biblewhen He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth. Young's Literal Translation In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth, King James Bible When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Hebrew when He setבְּשׂ֘וּמ֤וֹ (bə·śū·mōw) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set a boundary חֻקּ֗וֹ (ḥuq·qōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute for the sea, לַיָּ֨ם ׀ (lay·yām) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin so that the waters וּ֭מַיִם (ū·ma·yim) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen would not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no surpass יַֽעַבְרוּ־ (ya·‘aḇ·rū-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on His command, פִ֑יו (p̄îw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to when He marked out בְּ֝חוּק֗וֹ (bə·ḥū·qōw) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2710: To hack, engrave, to enact, prescribe the foundations מ֣וֹסְדֵי (mō·ws·ḏê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4144: A foundation of the earth. אָֽרֶץ׃ (’ā·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land |