Job 26:10
By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
In Context
9By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.
11The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.
Cross References
Job 38:8Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;
Job 38:11And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?
Psalms 33:7He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.
Proverbs 8:29When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:
Jeremiah 5:22Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.
Matthew Henry on Job 26:6-14
The Wisdom and Power of God. ( b. c. 1520.) 5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. 6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. 7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. 11… Read the whole commentary →