Job 38:10
And I set bounds to it, 1 Surrounding it with bars and gates. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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, 1 And swathed it in mist. 1
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 41:14And power is lodged in his neck, 1 Before him destruction runs. 1
Psalms 104:9Which he established as a covenant to Abraham, 1 And he remembered his oath to Isaac. 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 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 →