Job 26:10
He hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
In Context
9He covereth the face of his throne, he spreadeth his cloud upon it.
11The pillars of the heavens tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
Cross References
Job 38:8And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
Job 38:11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Psalms 33:7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up the deeps in storehouses.
Proverbs 8:29when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
Jeremiah 5:22Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over 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 →