New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 38:11
11And I said, ‘As far as this point you shall come, but no farther; And here your proud waves shall stop’?
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 a cloud its garment, And thick darkness its swaddling bands, 10And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors, And I said, ‘As far as this point you shall come, but no farther; And here your proud waves shall stop’? 12“Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And made the dawn know its place, 13So that it would take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked would be shaken off from it?
Read all of Job 38Job 38:11 word by word
וָאֹמַ֗ר עַד־פֹּ֣ה תָ֭בוֹא וְלֹ֣א תֹסִ֑יף וּפֹ֥א־יָ֝שִׁ֗ית בִּגְא֥וֹן גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 38:11
- Psalms 65:6Who establishes the mountains by His strength, Who is encircled with might;
- Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, Lord, The floods have lifted up their voice, The floods lift up their pounding waves.
- Proverbs 8:29When He set a boundary for the sea So that the water would not violate His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth;
- Mark 4:39And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still.” And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm.
- Job 1:22Despite all this, Job did not sin, nor did he blame God.
- Job 2:6So the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life.”
- Psalms 76:10For the wrath of mankind shall praise You; You will encircle Yourself with a remnant of wrath.
- Psalms 89:9You rule the surging of the sea; When its waves rise, You calm them.
- Isaiah 27:8You contended with them by banishing them, by driving them away. With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the east wind.
- Luke 8:32Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding there on the mountain; and the demons begged Him to permit them to enter the pigs. And He gave them permission.
- Revelation 20:2And he took hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, 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
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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
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