Job 26:10
He hath drawn a circular bound upon the waters, To the confines of light and darkness.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
In Context
9He covereth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his clouds upon it.
11The pillars of heaven tremble And are confounded at his rebuke.
Cross References
Job 38:8And who shut up the sea with doors, When it burst forth as from the womb?
Job 38:11And said, Thus far shalt thou come, and no farther, And here shall thy proud waves be stayed!
Psalms 33:7He gathereth the waters of the sea, as a heap; He layeth up the deep in storehouses.
Proverbs 8:29When he gave to the sea its bounds, that the waters should not pass their border; When he marked out the foundations of the earth,—
Jeremiah 5:22Will ye not fear me, saith Jehovah? Will ye not tremble before me, Who appointed the sand a bound to the sea, A perpetual barrier, which it cannot pass? Though the waves thereof toss themselves, Yet do they not prevail, Though they roar, yet can they 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 →