Job 38:10
When I appointed for it my bound, And fixed for it bars and doors;
Noyes 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 mantle, And thick darkness its swaddling-band;
11And said, Thus far shalt thou come, and no farther, And here shall thy proud waves be stayed!
Cross References
Job 41:14Who will open the doors of his face? The rows of his teeth are terrible!
Psalms 104:9Thou hast established a bound which the waters may not pass, That they may not return, and cover 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 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 →