Job 38:11

Job 38:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
• New International Version (NIV)when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt’?
• English Standard Version (ESV)and said, 'Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed'?
• New King James Version (NKJV)When I said, ‘This far you may come, but no farther, And here your proud waves must stop!’

Context of Job 38:11

9When I made the clouds its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band, 10And marked for it My [appointed] boundary And set bars and doors [defining the shorelines], And said, ‘This far you shall come, but no farther; And here your proud waves shall stop’? 12“Since your days began, have you ever commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place, 13So that light may take hold of the corners of the earth And shake the wickedness out of it?

Job 38:11 word by word

וָאֹמַ֗ר עַד־פֹּ֣ה תָ֭בוֹא וְלֹ֣א תֹסִ֑יף וּפֹ֥א־יָ֝שִׁ֗ית בִּגְא֥וֹן גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Hithertoפֹּהpôh pô' pô · hereH6311
• Hithertoעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• shalt thou comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• but no furtherיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
• and here shall thy proudגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
• wavesגַּלgal · heap: waveH1530
• be stayedשִׁיתshîyth · to set: appointH7896

Cross-references for Job 38:11

• Psalms 65:6Who creates the mountains by His strength, Being clothed with power,
• Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O Lord, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their pounding waves.
• 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—
• Mark 4:39And He got up and [sternly] rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still (muzzled)!” And the wind died down [as if it had grown weary] and there was [at once] a great calm [a perfect peacefulness].
• Job 1:22Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God.
• Job 2:6So the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, only spare his life.”
• Psalms 76:10For the wrath of man shall praise You; With a remnant of wrath You will clothe and arm Yourself.
• Psalms 89:9You rule the swelling of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them.
• Isaiah 27:8You contended with them by exile, by driving them away [from Canaan]; He has expelled them with His fierce wind on the day of the east wind.
• Luke 8:32Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the mountain. The demons begged Jesus to allow them to enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.
• Revelation 20:2And he overpowered and laid hold of the dragon, that old serpent [of primeval times], who is the devil and Satan, and bound him [securely] for a thousand years (a millennium);

Commentaries on Job 38:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Hitherto shalt thou come - Thus far shall thy flux and reflux extend. The tides are marvellously limited and regulated, not only by the lunar and solar attractions, but by the quantum of time also which is required to remove any part of the earth's surface from under the immediate attractive influence of the sun and moon. And this regulation takes place by means of the rotation of the earth round its own axis, which causes one thousand and forty-two miles…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come - This is a most sublime expression, and its full force can be felt only by one who has stood on the shores of the ocean, and seen its mighty waves roll toward the beach as if in their pride they would sweep everything away, and how they are checked by the barrier which God has made. A voice seems to say to them that they may roll in their pride and grandeur so far, but no further. No increase of their force or numbers…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-11Verses 4-11 For the humbling of Job, God here shows him his ignorance, even concerning the earth and the sea. As we cannot find fault with God's work, so we need not fear concerning it. The works of his providence, as well as the work of creation, never can be broken; and the work of redemption is no less firm, of which Christ himself is both the Foundation and the Corner-stone. The church stands as firm as the earth.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11set in place its bars and doors: God describes the sea as a dangerous creature that is kept under control.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. stayed--Hebrew, "a limit shall be set to."Read the comment

Topics related to Job 38:11

• Blessing
• Continents
• God
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

In the dictionaries

• Bar
• Consume
• Covert
• Dark
• Hitherto
• Loose
• Reserve
• Satisfy
• Spring
• Sweet

Commentaries on Job 38

• 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