Job 26:10
He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
In Context
9He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
Cross References
Job 38:8“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,
Job 38:11and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here’?
Psalms 33:7He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
Proverbs 8:29when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
Jeremiah 5:22Don’t you fear me?’ says the LORD; ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? Though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail. Though they roar, they still can’t 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 →