Job 38:11

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

In Context

10And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,

12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [And] caused the dayspring to know its place;

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Cross References

Job 1:22In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

Job 26:10He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.

Psalms 76:10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: The residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee.

Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves.

Proverbs 8:29When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

Jeremiah 5:22Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though 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 →

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