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

9and as I clothed it with clouds and wrapped it in thick darkness? 10For I locked it behind barred gates, limiting its shores. I 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? 13Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth, to bring an end to the night’s wickedness?

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 formed the mountains by your power and armed yourself with mighty strength.
• Psalms 93:3The floods have risen up, O Lord. The floods have roared like thunder; the floods have lifted their pounding waves.
• Proverbs 8:29I was there when he set the limits of the seas, so they would not spread beyond their boundaries. And when he marked off the earth’s foundations,
• Mark 4:39When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm.
• Job 1:22In all of this, Job did not sin by blaming God.
• Job 2:6“All right, do with him as you please,” the Lord said to Satan. “But spare his life.”
• Psalms 76:10Human defiance only enhances your glory, for you use it as a weapon.
• Psalms 89:9You rule the oceans. You subdue their storm-tossed waves.
• Isaiah 27:8No, but he exiled Israel to call her to account. She was exiled from her land as though blown away in a storm from the east.
• Luke 8:32There happened to be a large herd of pigs feeding on the hillside nearby, and the demons begged him to let them enter into the pigs. So Jesus gave them permission.
• Revelation 20:2He seized the dragon—that old serpent, who is the devil, Satan—and bound him in chains 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

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