Job 26:10
He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
In Context
9He closeth in the face of His throne, and spreadeth His cloud upon it.
11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.
Cross References
Job 38:8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, and issued out of the womb;
Job 38:11And said: 'Thus far shalt thou come, but 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 gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not transgress His commandment, when He appointed the foundations of the earth;
Jeremiah 5:22Fear ye not Me? saith the LORD; Will ye not tremble at My presence? Who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it cannot pass; 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 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 →