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Job 26:10

He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

World English Bible

He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

American Standard Version

He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.

Geneva Bible 1599

He hath set bounds about the waters, vntil the day and night come to an ende.

Darby Translation

He hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.

Young's Literal Translation

A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.

Bible in Basic English

By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.

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Cross references

“compassed”

Proverbs 8:29 Job 38:8–11 Jeremiah 5:22 Psalm 33:7 Psalm 104:6–9

Proverbs 8:29 · BSB

when 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.

Job 38:8–11 · BSB

Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

Jeremiah 5:22 · BSB

Do 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 ca…

Psalm 33:7 · BSB

He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.

Psalm 104:6–9 · BSB

You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

“until”

Genesis 8:22 Isaiah 54:9 Isaiah 54:10

Genesis 8:22 · BSB

As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”

Isaiah 54:9 · BSB

“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.

Isaiah 54:10 · BSB

Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.

11The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.

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