Job 38:11
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
In Context
10When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,
12Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,
Cross References
Job 1:22In all this Job sinned not, nor ascribed anything unseemly to God.
Job 26:10He hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.
Psalms 76:10For the fury of man shall praise thee; the remainder of fury wilt thou gird on thyself.
Psalms 93:3The floods lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice; the floods lifted up their roaring waves.
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 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 →