Job 38:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֹמַ֗ר עַד־פֹּ֣ה תָ֭בוֹא וְלֹ֣א תֹסִ֑יף וּפֹ֥א־יָ֝שִׁ֗ית בִּגְא֥וֹן גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

And-ʾōmar until-here tābôʾ and-not tōsîp and-here-yāšît with-gĕʾôn galleykā.

Grammar Details

*wə-*: conjunction - and
*ʾōmar*: qal imperfect, 1st singular with waw consecutive - I said
*ʿad*: preposition - until/as far as
*pōh*: adverb - here/thus far
*tābôʾ*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall come
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*tōsîp*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall add/go further
*û*: conjunction - and
*pōʾ*: adverb - here
*yāšît*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it shall place/set
*bə*: preposition - in/with
*gĕʾôn*: noun, masculine singular - pride/majesty
*galleykā*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your waves

Word Meanings

*ʾōmar*: I said/I declared
*tābôʾ*: you shall come/you may come
*tōsîp*: you shall add/you shall proceed further
*yāšît*: it shall place/it shall set/one shall set
*gĕʾôn*: pride/majesty/swelling
*galleykā*: your waves/your billows

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Referenced Verses

Ps 89:9 : 9 Thou rulest{H8802)} the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise{H8800)}, thou stillest{H8762)} them.
Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The floods have lifted up{H8804)}, O LORD, the floods have lifted up{H8804)} their voice; the floods lift up{H8799)} their waves. 4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
Prov 8:29 : 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:
Isa 27:8 : 8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
Mark 4:39-41 : 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
Luke 8:32-33 : 32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. 33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
Rev 20:2-3 : 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Rev 20:7-8 : 7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Job 1:22 : 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
Job 2:6 : 6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
Ps 65:6-7 : 6 Which by his strength setteth fast{H8688)} the mountains; being girded{H8737)} with power: 7 Which stilleth{H8688)} the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
Ps 76:10 : 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise{H8686)} thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain{H8799)}.

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