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,
• New International Version (NIV)when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place,
• 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;

Context of Job 38:10

8“Who kept the sea inside its boundaries as it burst from the womb, 9and as I clothed it with clouds and wrapped it in thick darkness? For I locked it behind barred gates, limiting its shores. 11I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come. Here your proud waves must stop!’ 12“Have you ever commanded the morning to appear and caused the dawn to rise in the east?

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 created the horizon when he separated the waters; he set the boundary between day and night.
• Genesis 1:9Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” And that is what happened.
• Genesis 9:15and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life.
• Psalms 104:9Then you set a firm boundary for the seas, so they would never again cover the earth.
• Jeremiah 5:22Have you no respect for me? Why don’t you tremble in my presence? I, the Lord, define the ocean’s sandy shoreline as an everlasting boundary that the waters cannot cross. The waves may toss and roar, but they can never pass the boundaries I set.

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