Tree of Life Version
Job 38:10
10when I prescribed my boundary for it, and set bars and gates,
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“And who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, 9when I made a cloud its garment and thick darkness its swaddling cloth, when I prescribed my boundary for it, and set bars and gates, 11when I said, ‘This far you may come, but no further; here your majestic waves will stop.’ 12“Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or caused dawn to know its place;
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וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣ר עָלָ֣יו חֻקִּ֑י וָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗ים בְּרִ֣יחַ וּדְלָתָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
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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 dark.
- Genesis 1:9Then God said, “Let the water below the sky be gathered to one place. Let the dry ground appear.” And it happened so.
- Genesis 9:15I will remember My covenant that is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all flesh.
- Psalms 104:9You set a boundary to the waters that they may not cross over, so they may not return to cover the earth.
- Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?’ says Adonai. ‘Do you not tremble in My presence?’ For I made the sand a boundary of the sea, an everlasting decree that cannot be broken. Though the waves roll, they cannot prevail. Though they roar, 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
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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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