Job 38:11 when I said, 'This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt'?

◄ Job 38:11 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
when I said, 'This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt'?

English Standard Version
and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed’?

New American Standard Bible
And I said, 'Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop '?

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
when I declared: "You may come this far, but no farther; your proud waves stop here"?

International Standard Version
and said, 'You may come only this far and no more. Your majestic waves will stop here.'?

American Standard Version
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I said : Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves.

Darby Bible Translation
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Young's Literal Translation
And say, 'Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

38:4-11 For the humbling of Job, God here shows him his ignorance, even concerning the earth and the sea. As we cannot find fault with God's work, so we need not fear concerning it. The works of his providence, as well as the work of creation, never can be broken; and the work of redemption is no less firm, of which Christ himself is both the Foundation and the Corner-stone. The church stands as firm as the earth.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

11. stayed—Hebrew, "a limit shall be set to."