Job 38:10

Job 38:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
• English Standard Version (ESV)and prescribed limits for it and set bars and doors,
• New King James Version (NKJV)When I fixed My limit for it, And set bars and doors;
• New Living Translation (NLT)For I locked it behind barred gates, limiting its shores.

Context of Job 38:10

8“Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, 9when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness, when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place, 11when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt’? 12“Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place,

Job 38:10 word by word

וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣ר עָלָ֣יו חֻקִּ֑י וָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗ים בְּרִ֣יחַ וּדְלָתָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And brake upשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• for it my decreedחֹקchôq · statute: allotmentH2706
• and setשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• barsבְּרִיחַberîyach · barH1280
• and doorsדֶּ֫לֶתdeleth · doorH1817

Cross-references for Job 38:10

• Job 26:10He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness.
• Genesis 1:9And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so.
• Genesis 9:15I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
• Psalms 104:9You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth.
• Jeremiah 5:22Should you not fear me?” declares the Lord. “Should you not tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting barrier it cannot cross. The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; they may roar, but they cannot cross it.

Commentaries on Job 38:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10And brake up for it my decreed place - This refers to the decree, Genesis 1:9; : "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place." And set bars and doors - And let the dry land appear. This formed the bars and doors of the sea; the land being everywhere a barrier against the encroachments and inundations of the sea; and great rivers, bays, creeks, etc., the doors by which it passes into the interior of continents, etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10And brake up for it my decreed place - Margin, “established my decree upon it.” So Herder, “I fixed my decrees upon it.” Luther renders it, “Da ich ihm den Lauf brach mit meinem Damm” - “then I broke its course with my barrier.” Umbreit renders it, “I measured out to it my limits;” that is, the limits or bounds which I judged to be proper. So the Vulgate, “Circumdedi illud terminis meis” - “I surrounded it with my limits,” or with such limits as I chose…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. 1010. brake up for--that is, appointed it. Shores are generally broken and abrupt cliffs. The Greek for "shore" means "a broken place." I broke off or measured off for it my limit, that is, the limit which I thought fit (Job 26:10).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 38:10

• Blessing
• Continents
• God
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

In the dictionaries

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

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