Job 38:11

11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt’?

Job 38:11 in Other Translations

KJV
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
ESV
11 and said, 'Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed'?
NLT
11 I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come. Here your proud waves must stop!’
MSG
11 And said, 'Stay here, this is your place. Your wild tantrums are confined to this place.'
CSB
11 when I declared: "You may come this far, but no farther; your proud waves stop here"?

Job 38:11 In-Context

9 when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,
10 when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place,
11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt’?
12 “Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place,
13 that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it?

Cross References 2

  • 1. S ver 8
  • 2. Psalms 65:7; Psalms 89:9; Psalms 104:6-9
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