Job 26:10
He hath set bounds about the waters, vntil the day and night come to an ende.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
In Context
9He holdeth backe the face of his throne: and spreadeth his cloude vpon it.
11The pillars of heauen tremble and quake at his reproofe.
Cross References
Job 38:8Or who hath shut vp the Sea with doores, when it yssued and came foorth as out of the wombe:
Job 38:11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall it stay thy proude waues.
Psalms 33:7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as vpon an heape, and layeth vp the depths in his treasures.
Proverbs 8:29When he gaue his decree to the Sea, that the waters shoulde not passe his commandement: when he appointed the foundations of the earth,
Jeremiah 5:22Feare ye not me, saith the Lord? or will ye not be afraide at my presence, which haue placed the sand for the bounds of the sea by the perpetuall decree that it cannot passe it, and though the waues thereof rage, yet can they not preuaile, though they roare, yet can they not passe ouer 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 →