Job 38:10
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
In Context
9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,
11And said, Until now shall you come, but no further: and here shall your 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 104:9You have set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Jeremiah 5:22Fear all of you not me? says the LORD: will all of you 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 →