Job 38:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,”
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BSBPD
“when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 38:10 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:9And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
- Genesis 9:15I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
- Job 26:10He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
- Job 41:14Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?
- Psalms 33:7He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
- Psalms 104:9You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
- Proverbs 8:29when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
- Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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