Job 38:11
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
In Context
10And prescribed for it my decree, and set bars and doors,
12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, and caused the dayspring to know its place;
Cross References
Job 1:22In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God with foolishness.
Job 26:10He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.
Psalms 76:10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee.
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 its bound, that the waters should not transgress his commandment: when he marked out 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 →