Job 38:11
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.
Webster Bible
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 broke up for it my decreed place , and set bars and doors,
12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the day-spring to know its place;
Cross References
Job 1:22In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
Job 26:10He hath encompassed 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 wilt thou restrain.
Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift 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, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though its waves 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 →