Job 26:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.”
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“He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 26:10 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 8:22As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
- Job 38:8Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
- Job 38:10when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
- Job 38:11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
- Job 38:20so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?
- Psalms 33:7He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
- Psalms 104:6You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
- 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.
- Isaiah 54:9“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
- 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.
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