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Job 26:10

Creation

8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 8:29

    When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

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  • Job 38:8–11

    Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

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  • Jeremiah 5:22

    Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

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  • Psalms 33:7

    He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

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  • Isaiah 54:9–10

    For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

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  • Genesis 8:22

    While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

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  • Psalms 104:6–9

    Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

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