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 blanket, 10when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’? 12In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place, 13that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

Job 38:11 word by word

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

• and I declaredאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• You may comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• this farעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• this farפֹּהpôh pô' pô · hereH6311
• but noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• fartherיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
• your proudגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
• wavesגַּלgal · heap: waveH1530
• must stopשִׁיתshîyth · to set: appointH7896

Cross-references for Job 38:11

• Psalms 65:6You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.
• Psalms 93:3The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
• Proverbs 8:29when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
• Mark 4:39Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.
• Job 1:22In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
• Job 2:6“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”
• Psalms 76:10Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.
• Psalms 89:9You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
• Isaiah 27:8By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.
• Luke 8:32There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.
• Revelation 20:2He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

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