Job 26:10
8 He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
9 He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
11 The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
12 By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
- KJV
- He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
- WEB
- He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
- ASV
- He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.
- DARBY
- He hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.
- BLB
- He has circled a limit upon the face of the waters, to [be] the boundary of light with darkness.
- ÅB
- En grense har han dradd i en ring over vannene, der hvor lyset grenser til mørket.
- OTB
- Han har trukket en sirkel på vannets overflate,
markerer grensen mellom lys og mørke. - B1930
- En grense har han dradd i en ring over vannene, der hvor lyset grenser til mørket.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 8:29
when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
Read in contextJob 38:8–11
Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
Read in contextJeremiah 5:22
Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
Read in contextPsalms 33:7
He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
Read in contextIsaiah 54:9–10
“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
Read in contextGenesis 8:22
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
Read in contextPsalms 104:6–9
You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
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