Job 38:10
Strong's Lexicon
when I fixed
וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣ר (wā·’eš·bōr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7665: 1) to break, break in pieces 1a) (Qal) 1a1) break, break in or down, rend violently, wreck, crush, quench 1a2) to break, rupture (fig) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be broken, be maimed, be crippled, be wrecked 1b2) to be broken, be crushed (fig) 1c) (Piel) to shatter, break 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to break out, bring to the birth 1e) (Hophal) to be broken, be shattered

עָלָ֣יו (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although

its boundaries
חֻקִּ֑י (ḥuq·qî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2706: 1) statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due 1a) prescribed task 1b) prescribed portion 1c) action prescribed (for oneself), resolve 1d) prescribed due 1e) prescribed limit, boundary 1f) enactment, decree, ordinance 1f1) specific decree 1f2) law in general 1g) enactments, statutes 1g1) conditions 1g2) enactments 1g3) decrees 1g4) civil enactments prescribed by God

and set in place
וָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗ים (wā·’ā·śîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: 1) to put, place, set, appoint, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on 1a2) to set, direct, direct toward 1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig) 1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix 1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix 1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give 1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign 1c) (Hophal) to be set

its bars
בְּרִ֣יחַ (bə·rî·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1280: 1) bar 1a) of wood 1b) of city gates 2) of tribulation, a fortress, of the earth as a prison (fig.)

and doors,
וּדְלָתָֽיִם׃ (ū·ḏə·lā·ṯā·yim)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - fd
Strong's Hebrew 1817: 1) door, gate 1a) a door 1b) a gate 1c) (fig.) 1c1) of chest lid 1c2) of crocodile jaws 1c3) of doors of the heavens 1c4) of an easily-accessible woman

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,

Young's Literal Translation
And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
when I determined its  boundariesand put its bars and  doors in place,

New American Standard Bible
And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors,

King James Bible
And brake up for it my decreed [place], and set bars and doors,
Parallel Verses
New International Version
when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place,

New Living Translation
For I locked it behind barred gates, limiting its shores.

English Standard Version
and prescribed limits for it and set bars and doors,

New American Standard Bible
And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors,

King James Bible
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
when I determined its boundaries and put its bars and doors in place,

International Standard Version
when I proscribed a boundary for it, set in place bars and doors for it;

NET Bible
when I prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors,

American Standard Version
And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,

English Revised Version
And prescribed for it my decree, and set bars and doors,

Young's Literal Translation
And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,
















Cross References
Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Job 38:9
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

Job 38:11
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Psalm 33:7
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

Psalm 104:9
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

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:

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?

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 38:8
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

Job 38:7
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Job 38:12
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
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