CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Great Waters</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/g/great_waters.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/psalms/29-3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/g/great.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Great Waters</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/g/great_tribulation.htm" title="Great Tribulation">◄</a> Great Waters <a href="/topical/g/great_wealth.htm" title="Great Wealth">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>The term "Great Waters" in the Bible often symbolizes overwhelming circumstances, divine judgment, or the majesty and power of God. It is used both literally and metaphorically throughout the Scriptures to convey various theological and spiritual truths.<br><br><b>Symbol of Divine Majesty and Power</b><br><br>In the Psalms, "Great Waters" frequently illustrate the power and majesty of God. <a href="/psalms/29-3.htm">Psalm 29:3-4</a> states, "The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters. The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty." Here, the imagery of great waters is used to depict the overwhelming and awe-inspiring voice of God, emphasizing His sovereignty over creation.<br><br><b>Metaphor for Overwhelming Circumstances</b><br><br>The phrase is also used metaphorically to describe overwhelming trials or adversities faced by individuals. In <a href="/psalms/69.htm">Psalm 69:1-2</a> , David cries out, "Save me, O God, for the waters have risen to my neck. I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me." This vivid imagery portrays a sense of desperation and helplessness, illustrating how life's challenges can feel like being engulfed by great waters.<br><br><b>Divine Judgment</b><br><br>Great waters are sometimes associated with divine judgment. The account of Noah's Flood in <a href="/bsb/genesis/7.htm">Genesis 7-8</a> is a prime example, where the great waters of the flood serve as an instrument of God's judgment on a sinful world. <a href="/genesis/7-18.htm">Genesis 7:18</a> describes, "The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters." This event underscores the seriousness of sin and the righteousness of God's judgment.<br><br><b>Symbol of Deliverance and Protection</b><br><br>Conversely, great waters can also symbolize deliverance and protection by God. In <a href="/isaiah/43-2.htm">Isaiah 43:2</a> , God promises His presence and protection, saying, "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you." This assurance highlights God's faithfulness and His ability to preserve His people through life's turbulent times.<br><br><b>Eschatological Imagery</b><br><br>In eschatological contexts, great waters can symbolize the final judgment and the establishment of God's eternal kingdom. <a href="/revelation/17.htm">Revelation 17:1</a> speaks of "the great prostitute who sits on many waters," symbolizing the corrupt systems of the world that will ultimately be judged by God. This imagery serves as a reminder of the ultimate triumph of God's justice and righteousness.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>The concept of "Great Waters" in the Bible is rich with meaning, encompassing themes of God's power, human vulnerability, divine judgment, and ultimate deliverance. Whether as a literal element of creation or a metaphorical representation of life's challenges, great waters consistently point to the sovereignty and faithfulness of God throughout the biblical narrative.</div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/g/great.htm">Great</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/stronger.htm">Stronger (59 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/more.htm">More (6686 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/smaller.htm">Smaller (16 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/mightier.htm">Mightier (21 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/rank.htm">Rank (42 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/devour.htm">Devour (118 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/pretense.htm">Pretense (9 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/baptizer.htm">Baptizer (16 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/condemnation.htm">Condemnation (30 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/born.htm">Born (228 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/dispossess.htm">Dispossess (44 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/waxed.htm">Waxed (57 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/condemn.htm">Condemn (43 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/further.htm">Further (121 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/major.htm">Major (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/pretence.htm">Pretence (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/phrygia.htm">Phrygia (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/aggrandize.htm">Aggrandize (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/whether.htm">Whether (239 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/arise.htm">Arise (235 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/solomon's.htm">Solomon's (56 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/size.htm">Size (39 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sheba.htm">Sheba (36 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/excellent.htm">Excellent (52 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/blessings.htm">Blessings (45 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/almighty.htm">Almighty (242 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/decision.htm">Decision (174 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/important.htm">Important (39 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/damnation.htm">Damnation (11 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/powerful.htm">Powerful (93 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/botany.htm">Botany</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/beyond.htm">Beyond (209 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/q/queen.htm">Queen (59 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bondman.htm">Bondman (108 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/present.htm">Present (577 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/astronomy.htm">Astronomy</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/red.htm">Red (124 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/someone.htm">Someone (153 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/reign.htm">Reign (468 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/k/kings.htm">Kings (350 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/walled.htm">Walled (63 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/increase.htm">Increase (184 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/iniquity.htm">Iniquity (299 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/foot.htm">Foot (193 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/fools.htm">Fools (53 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/forefather.htm">Forefather (33 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/fenced.htm">Fenced (61 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/farther.htm">Farther (33 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/towers.htm">Towers (38 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/thereof.htm">Thereof (845 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/raised.htm">Raised (267 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/reformed.htm">Reformed (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/reputation.htm">Reputation (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/repented.htm">Repented (49 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/roost.htm">Roost (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/risen.htm">Risen (169 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/reaching.htm">Reaching (22 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/ends.htm">Ends (108 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/dispute.htm">Dispute (37 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/distribute.htm">Distribute (23 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/detail.htm">Detail (19 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/discouraged.htm">Discouraged (19 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/distribution.htm">Distribution (32 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/majority.htm">Majority (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/makes.htm">Makes (483 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/magus.htm">Magus</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/mustard.htm">Mustard (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/ministering.htm">Ministering (63 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/perch.htm">Perch (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/phoenicians.htm">Phoenicians</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/plated.htm">Plated (29 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/proclamation.htm">Proclamation (31 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/phoenicia.htm">Phoenicia (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/pigeon.htm">Pigeon (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/prominent.htm">Prominent (13 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/branches.htm">Branches (103 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/becomes.htm">Becomes (138 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/appearance's.htm">Appearance's (2 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/g/great_tribulation.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Great Tribulation"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Great Tribulation" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/g/great_wealth.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Great Wealth"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Great Wealth" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>