Job 38:11

And I said to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, but thy waves shall be confined within thee.

Brenton Septuagint

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 I set bounds to it, surrounding it with bars and gates.

12Or did I order the morning light in thy time; and did the morning star then first see his appointed place;

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Cross References

Job 1:22In all these events that befel him Job sinned not at all before the Lord, and did not impute folly to God.

Job 26:10He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, until the end of light and darkness.

Psalms 76:10Will God forget to pity? or will he shut up his compassions in his wrath? Pause.

Psalms 93:3How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall sinners boast?

Proverbs 8:29+ 8:29 See Appendix.and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth:

Jeremiah 5:22will ye not be afraid of me? saith the Lord; and will ye not fear before me, who have set the sand for a bound to the sea, as a perpetual ordinance, and it shall not pass it: yea, it shall rage, but not prevail; and its waves shall roar, but 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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