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 locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them. 9He conceals the face of the full moon, shrouding it with his clouds. He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness. 11The pillars of the heavens tremble and are amazed at his rebuke. 12By his power he stills the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab the great sea monster to pieces.

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“Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb,
• Psalms 33:7He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses.
• Psalms 104:6The watery deep covered it like a garment; the waters reached above the mountains.
• Proverbs 8:29when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
• Jeremiah 5:22“You should fear me!” says the Lord. “You should tremble in awe before me! I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it can never cross. Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail. They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary.”
• Genesis 8:22“While the earth continues to exist, planting time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”
• Isaiah 54:9“As far as I am concerned, this is like in Noah’s time, when I vowed that the waters of Noah’s flood would never again cover the earth. In the same way I have vowed that I will not be angry at you or shout at 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