Job 26:10

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.until…: Heb. until the end of light with darkness

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

He has placed a limit on the waters, || To the boundary of light with darkness.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

He hath set bounds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end.

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, until the end of light and darkness.

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Original-language editions

WLC

חֹֽק־חָ֭ג עַל־פְּנֵי־מָ֑יִם עַד־תַּכְלִ֖ית א֣וֹר עִם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

LXX-Br

Πρόσταγμα ἐγύρωσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ὕδατος, μέχρι συντελείας φωτὸς μετὰ σκότους.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 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.
• Job 38:8–11Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, and I declared:…
• 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…
• Psalms 33:7He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
• Psalms 104:6–9You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away— the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place…
• Isaiah 54:9–10“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. Though the mountains may be removed and…
• Genesis 8:22As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”

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