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# I marked out for the sea my boundary
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"I made a boundary for the sea"
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# boundary
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Yahweh set a limit beyond which the sea was not allowed to cross.
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# I placed its bars and doors
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Yahweh compares the way that he made a boundary for the sea to containing the sea with bars and doors. AT: "I set up its barriers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# bars
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long pieces of wood or metal that are used to keep a door shut
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# when I said to it
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"when I said to the sea." Yahweh speaks to the sea as though it were a person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# You may come this far, but no farther
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The words "this far" mean only as far as the boundary that Yahweh set up. AT: "You may come as far as this boundary, but no farther" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# to the pride of your waves
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"to the power of your waves." The waves are spoken of as if they could have pride. The abstract noun "pride" can be translated as the adjective "proud." AT: "to your proud waves" or "to your powerful waves" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/proud]] |