Job 38:10
Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
In Context
9When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,
11And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?
Cross References
Genesis 9:15And I will keep in mind the agreement between me and you and every living thing; and never again will there be a great flow of waters causing destruction to all flesh.
Job 41:14\41:23\The plates of his flesh are joined together, fixed, and not to be moved.
Psalms 104:9You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them.
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 38:5-12
The Creation of the World. ( b. c. 1520.) 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 9 When I made the… Read the whole commentary →