## like a heap ##

"like a dam." The writer describes the creation of the sea as if God put all the waters on one heap. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## he puts the oceans in storehouses ##

The writer describes the creation of the oceans as if God put them in a storehouse AT: "he puts the oceans in their place, just like a man puts grain in a storehouse" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## Let the whole earth ##

AT: "Let everyone on earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])