Job 38:10
And brake off for it my boundary, and fixed a bar and double doors;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
In Context
9When I put a cloud as the garment thereof, and a thick cloud as the swaddling-band thereof;
Cross References
Genesis 9:15then will I remember my covenant which is betwixt me and you, and every living soul among all flesh,—that the waters may no more become a flood, to destroy all flesh:
Job 41:14The doors of his face, who hath opened? The circles of his teeth, are a terror!
Psalms 104:9Bounds, hast thou set, which they are not to pass over, They are not to return to cover the earth.
Jeremiah 5:22Even for me, will ye have no reverence? Enquireth Yahweh, And because of me, will ye not be pained? In that though I placed the sand as a bound to the sea, A decree age-abiding, and it should not pass beyond it,—When they would toss themselves Then should they not prevail, When the waves thereof would roar Then should they not pass beyond 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 →