Job 38:11
And I said to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, 1 But thy waves shall be confined within thee. 1
Updated 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, 1 Surrounding it with bars and gates. 1
Cross References
Job 1:22In all these events that befell him 1 Job sinned not at all before the Lord, 1 And did not impute folly to God.
Job 26:10He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, 1 Until the end of light and darkness. 1
Psalms 76:10Will God forget to pity? 1 Or will he shut up his compassions in his wrath? Pause. 1
Psalms 93:3How long shall sinners, O Lord, 1 How long shall sinners boast? 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 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 →