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

9I caused the clouds to come over the sea. I covered it with complete darkness. 10I put a border around the sea. I locked it in its place. I said to the sea, “This is as far as you can come. You may come no further. Your powerful waves must stop there!” 12But you, Job, did you ever command the morning to begin? No! You have never in your whole life told the sun when it should rise. 13You have not told the light of day to cover the earth. You have not told it to chase away the wicked things that happen in the night.

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 65:6You used your power to make the mountains, and you showed how strong you are.
• Psalms 93:3The floods of water have risen up, Lord. They have risen with a loud noise. Their waves beat against the land.
• Proverbs 8:29He gave his command to the seas, that they should obey him. The waters of the sea must stay inside its borders. I was there when he built the foundations of the earth.
• Mark 4:39Jesus woke up and he spoke strongly to the wind and to the water. ‘Be quiet!’ he said. ‘Stop!’ Then the wind stopped and the water became quiet again.
• Job 1:22Even after all these things had happened, Job still did not do anything bad. He did not say that God had done something wrong to him.
• Job 2:6So the Lord said to Satan, ‘I agree to give you power over Job himself. But you must not cause his death.’
• Psalms 76:10Everybody will praise you, even those who are angry against you. You will show them how angry you really are.
• Psalms 89:9You rule over the powerful sea. When the waves rise up, you make them quiet again.
• Isaiah 27:8But Lord you sent your people to a land far away. That is how you punished them. You blew them away with a storm that came from the east.
• Luke 8:32There was a large group of pigs there and they were eating on the hill. The bad spirits asked Jesus, ‘Let us go into the pigs.’ Jesus replied, ‘You can go into them.’
• Revelation 20:2He took hold of the dragon. That dragon is the Devil and Satan. He is the snake who has lived since long ago. The angel tied up the dragon with the chain for 1,000 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