Job 26:10

Job 26:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
• New International Version (NIV)He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters, At the boundary of light and darkness.

Context of Job 26:10

8He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once], And the cloud does not burst under them. 9He covers the face of the full moon And spreads His cloud over it. He has inscribed a circular limit (the horizon) on the face of the waters At the boundary between light and darkness. 11The pillars of the heavens tremble And are terrified at His rebuke. 12He stirred up the sea by His power, And by His understanding He smashed [proud] Rahab.

Job 26:10 word by word

חֹֽק־חָ֭ג עַל־פְּנֵי־מָ֑יִם עַד־תַּכְלִ֖ית א֣וֹר עִם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He hath compassedחוּגchûg · draw roundH2328
• the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• the watersפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
• with boundsחֹקchôq · statute: allotmentH2706
• until the dayאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
• and nightחֹ֫שֶׁךְchôshek · darknessH2822
• come to an endתַּכְלִיתtaklîyth · limitH8503

Cross-references for Job 26:10

• Job 38:8“Or who enclosed the sea with doors When it burst forth and went out of the womb;
• Psalms 33:7He gathers the waters of the sea together as in a wineskin; He puts the deeps in storehouses.
• Psalms 104:6You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains.
• Proverbs 8:29When He set for the sea its boundary So that the waters would not transgress [the boundaries set by] His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth—
• Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?’ says the Lord. ‘Do you not tremble [in awe] in My presence? For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea, An eternal decree and a perpetual barrier beyond which it cannot pass. Though the waves [of the sea] toss and break, yet they cannot prevail [against the sand ordained to hold them back]; Though the waves and the billows roar, yet they cannot cross over [the barrier]. [Is not such a God to be feared?]
• Genesis 8:22While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease.”
• Isaiah 54:9“For this is like the waters of Noah to Me, As I swore [an oath] that the waters of Noah Would not flood the earth again; In the same way I have sworn that I will not be angry with you Nor will I rebuke you.

Commentaries on Job 26:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10He hath compassed the waters with bounds - Perhaps this refers merely to the circle of the horizon, the line that terminates light and commences darkness, called here חשך עם אור תכלית עד ad tachlith or im chosech, "until the completion of light with darkness." Or, if we take תכלית tachlith here to be the same with תכלת techeleth, Exodus 25:4, and elsewhere, which we translate blue, it may mean that sombre sky-blue appearance of the horizon at the time of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10He hath compassed the waters with bounds - The word rendered “compassed” (חוּג chûg ), means to describe a circle - to mark out with a compass; and the reference is to the form of the horizon, which appears as a circle, and which seems to be marked out with a compass. A similar idea Milton has beautifully expressed in his account of the creation: “Then staid the fervid wheels, and in his hand He took the golden compasses, prepared In God‘s eternal store…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 Many striking instances are here given of the wisdom and power of God, in the creation and preservation of the world. If we look about us, to the earth and waters here below, we see his almighty power. If we consider hell beneath, though out of our sight, yet we may conceive the discoveries of God's power there. If we look up to heaven above, we see displays of God's almighty power. By his Spirit, the eternal Spirit that moved upon the face of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10has inscribed a horizon: See Genesis 1:6–10; Psalm 104:6–9; Proverbs 8:29.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-145-14. As before in the ninth and twelfth chapters, Job had shown himself not inferior to the friends' inability to describe God's greatness, so now he describes it as manifested in hell (the world of the dead), Job 26:5, 6; on earth, Job 26:7; in the sky, Job 26:8-11; the sea, Job 26:12; the heavens, Job 26:13. Dead things are formed--Rather, "The souls of the dead (Rephaim) tremble." Not only does God's power exist, as Bildad says (Job 25:2), "in high…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 26:10

• Continents
• God
• Science
• Time

In the dictionaries

• Day and Night
• Covering
• Portion
• Proud
• Astronomy
• Bounds
• Compass; Compasses
• End
• Job, Book of
• Perfect; Perfection

Commentaries on Job 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings