Job 38:11
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
King James Version
In Context
10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
Cross References
Job 1:22In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
Job 26:10He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
Psalms 76:10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
Proverbs 8:29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of 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 →