Job 38:10
Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 104:9 : 9 You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them.
- Jer 5:22 : 22 Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.
- Job 26:10 : 10 By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.
- Ps 33:7 : 7 He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.
- Gen 1:9-9 : 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so. 10 And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.
- Gen 9:15 : 15 And I will keep in mind the agreement between me and you and every living thing; and never again will there be a great flow of waters causing destruction to all flesh.
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- Job 38:8-92 verses80%
8 Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;
9 When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,
- Job 38:11-133 verses79%
11 And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?
12 Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place;
13 So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it?
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8 My way is walled up by him so that I may not go by: he has made my roads dark.
- Prov 8:27-293 verses76%
27 When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep:
28 When he made strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed:
29 When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:
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10 By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.
- Lam 3:6-94 verses74%
6 He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
7 He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.
8 Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.
9 He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted.
- Job 38:23-253 verses73%
23 Which I have kept for the time of trouble, for the day of war and fighting?
24 Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth?
25 By whom has the way been cut for the flowing of the rain, and the flaming of the thunder;
- Job 38:4-63 verses73%
4 Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.
5 By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it?
6 On what were its pillars based, or who put down its angle-stone,
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26 When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the thunder-flames;
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14 Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.
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9 You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them.
- Job 38:15-173 verses72%
15 And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.
16 Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?
17 Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you?
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16 The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two.
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30 The waters are joined together, hard as a stone, and the face of the deep is covered.
- Job 38:19-202 verses71%
19 Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;
20 So that you might take it to its limit, guiding it to its house?
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10 If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?
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11 By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.
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38 When the earth becomes hard as metal, and is joined together in masses?
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24 I have made water-holes and taken their waters, and with my foot I have made all the rivers of Egypt dry.
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18 Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?
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11 He puts chains on my feet; he is watching all my ways.
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8 By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:
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12 Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?
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6 The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.
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8 Your hands made me, and I was formed by you, but then, changing your purpose, you gave me up to destruction.
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2 I will go before you, and make the rough places level: the doors of brass will be broken, and the iron rods cut in two:
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34 Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?
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22 Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.
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10 I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.
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16 Then the deep beds of the sea were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of the Lord's wrath, because of the breath of his mouth.
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8 By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.
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8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.
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12 I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.
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11 He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light.
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15 You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.