Job 26:10
He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, 1 Until the end of light and darkness. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
In Context
9He keeps back the face of his throne, 1 Stretching out his cloud upon it. 1
11The pillars of heaven are prostrate 1 And astonished at his rebuke. 1
Cross References
Job 38:8And I shut up the sea with gates, 1 When it rushed out, coming forth out of its mother’s womb. 1
Job 38:11And I said to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, 1 But thy waves shall be confined within thee. 1
Psalms 33:7This poor man cried, and the Lord hearkened to him, 1 And delivered him out of all his afflictions. 1
Proverbs 8:29And when he strengthened the foundations of the earth: 1
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 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 →