Job 38:10
And I set bounds to it, surrounding it with bars and gates.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
In Context
9And I made a cloud its clothing, and swathed it in mist.
Cross References
Genesis 9:15And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you, and between every living soul in all flesh, and there shall no longer be water for a deluge, so as to blot out all flesh.
Job 41:14The flesh also of his body is joined together: if one pours violence upon him, he shall not be moved.
Psalms 104:9which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and he remembered his oath to Isaac. 1
Jeremiah 5:22will you⌃ not be afraid of me? says the Lord; and will you⌃ 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: yes, 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 →