Job 38:11
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall it stay thy proude waues.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
In Context
10When I stablished my commandement vpon it, and set barres and doores,
12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy dayes? hast thou caused the morning to knowe his place,
Cross References
Job 1:22In all this did not Iob sinne, nor charge God foolishly.
Job 26:10He hath set bounds about the waters, vntil the day and night come to an ende.
Psalms 76:10Surely the rage of man shall turne to thy praise: the remnant of the rage shalt thou restrayne.
Psalms 93:3The floodes haue lifted vp, O Lord: the floodes haue lifted vp their voyce: the floods lift vp their waues.
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 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 →