Job 38:10
when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
In Context
9when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
Cross References
Genesis 9:15I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
Job 41:14Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?
Psalms 104:9You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross 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 →