'Waters' in the Bible

And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.

And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:

From the top of the hill the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, went to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then curved to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

And she saith, 'Give to me a blessing; when the land of the south thou hast given me, then thou hast given to me springs of waters;' and he giveth to her the upper springs and the lower springs.

The allotment for the descendants of Joseph went from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness ascending from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.

And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:

the waters of Jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory in front of Joppa.

And at their cry, the Lord made it dark between you and the Egyptians, and made the sea go over them, covering them with its waters; your eyes have seen what I did in Egypt: then for a long time you were living in the waste land.

Gilead has remained beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan dwell as a foreigner [with] ships? Asher sat at [the] coast of [the] waters, and by his coves he has been settling down.

The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.

And God cleaveth the hollow place which is in Lehi, and waters come out of it, and he drinketh, and his spirit cometh back, and he reviveth; therefore hath one called its name 'The fountain of him who is calling,' which is in Lehi unto this day.

And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

For {we must certainly die}, and [we are] as the waters spilled to the ground which cannot be gathered. God will not take a life but devises plans for a banished person not to be cast out from him.

And it cometh to pass, after their going on, that they come up out of the well, and go and declare to king David, and say unto David, 'Rise ye, and pass over hastily the waters, for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.'

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;

And Jehovah hath smitten Israel as the reed is moved by the waters, and hath plucked Israel from off this good ground that He gave to their fathers, and scattered them beyond the River, because that they made their shrines, provoking Jehovah to anger;

and Ahab saith unto Obadiah, 'Go through the land, unto all fountains of waters, and unto all the brooks, if so be we find hay, and keep alive horse and mule, and do not cut off any of the cattle.'

And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.

And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.

And the men of the city say unto Elisha, 'Lo, we pray thee, the site of the city is good, as my lord seeth, and the waters are bad, and the earth sterile.'

And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.

So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.

and ye have smitten every fenced city, and every choice city, and every good tree ye cause to fall, and all fountains of waters ye stop, and every good portion ye mar with stones.'

And it cometh to pass in the morning, at the ascending of the morning -present, that lo, waters are coming in from the way of Edom, and the land is filled with the waters,

And they rise early in the morning, and the sun hath shone on the waters, and the Moabites see, from over-against, the waters red as blood,

And Elisha sent a servant to him, saying, Go to Jordan, and after washing seven times in its waters your flesh will be well again and you will be clean.

Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

Then he went down seven times into the waters of Jordan, as the man of God had said; and his flesh became like the flesh of a little child again, and he was clean.

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:

I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

And the rest of the matters of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and bringeth in the waters to the city, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim.

Let the sea be thundering with all its waters; let the field be glad, and everything which is in it;

He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.

And Hezekiah himself hath stopped the upper source of the waters of Gihon, and directeth them beneath to the west of the city of David, and Hezekiah prospereth in all his work;

"You alone are Yahweh. You alone have made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all of their army, the earth and all that is in it, the waters and all that is in them. You give life to all of them, and the army of the heavens worship you.

And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

Filled with waters made cold by ice, they are where the snow goes to hide.

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God's wrath.

Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

Who were violently taken away before their time, who were overcome by the rush of waters:

He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.

To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,

By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

The birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatever goes through the deep waters of the seas.

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

Indeed, he founded it upon the seas, he established it upon deep waters.

The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.

The Lord sits enthroned over the engulfing waters, the Lord sits enthroned as the eternal king.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

Deep waters call out to what is deeper still; at the roar of your waterfalls all your breakers and your waves swirled over me.

Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou art my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.

You care for the land and water it; you greatly enrich it. The stream of God [is] filled with waters. You provide their grain, for so you have established it.

{To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David.} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me.

You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.

Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

Poured out waters have thick clouds, The skies have given forth a noise, Also -- Thine arrows go up and down.

Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power, and he gave them drink as out of the deep waters.

He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

Like waters, they engulf me all day long; they surround me on all sides.