Job 38:11
And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
In Context
10Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;
Cross References
Job 1:22In all this Job did no sin, and did not say that God's acts were foolish.
Job 26:10By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.
Psalms 76:10\76:9\When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.)
Psalms 93:3The rivers send up, O Lord, the rivers send up their voices; they send them up with a loud cry.
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 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 →