Job 38:10

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when I set its boundary and placed bars and doors on it,

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  • Ps 104:9 : 9 You set a boundary they cannot cross; they will never again cover the earth.
  • Jer 5:22 : 22 Should you not fear Me? declares the Lord. Should you not tremble in My presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting decree it cannot cross. Though its waves surge, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot cross it.
  • Job 26:10 : 10 He inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
  • Ps 33:7 : 7 He gathers the waters of the sea like a heap; He puts the depths into storehouses.
  • Gen 1:9-9 : 9 Then God said, 'Let the waters under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.' And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground 'land,' and the gathered waters he called 'seas.' And God saw that it was good.
  • Gen 9:15 : 15 I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all flesh.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 38:8-9
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    8Or who enclosed the sea with doors when it burst forth from the womb,

    9when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,

  • Job 38:11-13
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    11and said, 'This far you may come, but no farther; here is where your proud waves must halt.'

    12Have you ever commanded the morning or shown the dawn its place,

    13that it might take hold of the edges of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

  • 8He has blocked my path so I cannot pass; He has shrouded my ways with darkness.

  • Prov 8:27-29
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    27When He established the heavens, I was there; when He marked out the horizon on the face of the deep.

    28When He strengthened the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong.

    29When He set the boundary for the sea so the waters would not overstep His command, and when He marked out the foundations of the earth.

  • 10He inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

  • Lam 3:6-9
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    6He has made me dwell in dark places, like those long dead.

    7He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed down my chains.

    8Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

    9He has blocked my ways with cut stone; He has made my paths crooked.

  • Job 38:23-25
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    23which I have reserved for a time of trouble, for the day of battle and war?

    24What is the way to the place where the light is divided, or the east wind scattered over the earth?

    25Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain and a path for the thunderstorm,

  • Job 38:4-6
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    4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

    5Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the measuring line across it?

    6On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone?

  • 26when He made a decree for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,

  • 14"What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be set free."

  • 9You set a boundary they cannot cross; they will never again cover the earth.

  • Job 38:15-17
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    15The light is withheld from the wicked, and the uplifted arm is broken.

    16Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?

    17Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?

  • 16For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

  • 30when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?

  • Job 38:19-20
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    19Where is the way that light dwells, and where is the place of darkness,

    20that you may take it to its boundary and recognize the paths to its home?

  • 10If He passes by, imprisons, or calls an assembly, who can turn Him back?

  • 11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

  • 38when the dust becomes hard as metal and the clods of earth stick together?

  • 24I have dug wells in foreign lands and drunk water there. With the soles of my feet, I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.

  • 18Can you spread out the skies with Him, as firm as a molten mirror?

  • 11He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches all my paths.

  • 8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

  • 12Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you put me under guard?

  • 6The waters engulfed me up to my neck; the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.

  • 8Your hands shaped me and made me, yet now You destroy me completely.

  • 2I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

  • 34Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water?

  • 22Should you not fear Me? declares the Lord. Should you not tremble in My presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting decree it cannot cross. Though its waves surge, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot cross it.

  • 10I said, "In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the rest of my years."

  • 16The channels of the sea were visible, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at the rebuke of the LORD, at the breath of his nostrils.

  • 8He binds up the waters in his clouds, yet the cloud is not torn apart beneath them.

  • 8Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

  • 12I was at ease, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target.

  • 11He dams up streams to stop their flow, and brings to light what is hidden.

  • 15You opened up springs and streams; You dried up ever-flowing rivers.