Job 38:10
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
King James Version
In Context
9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Cross References
Genesis 9:15And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Job 41:14Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
Psalms 104:9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Jeremiah 5:22Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can 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 →