Job 38:10
“And brake vp for it my decreed place, and set barres and doores,”
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Job 38:10 Context
8Or who shut vp the sea with doores, when it brake foorth as if it had issued out of the wombe? 9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thicke darknesse a swadling band for it, 10And brake vp for it my decreed place, and set barres and doores, 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and heere shall thy proud waues be stayed. 12Hast thou commaunded the morning since thy daies? and caused the day-spring to know his place,
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Other Translations for Job 38:10
And brake up for it my decreed [place], and set bars and doors,
- King James Version
And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,
- American Standard Version (1901)
Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;
- Basic English Bible
When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,
- Darby Bible
And broke up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
- Webster's Bible
marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,
- World English Bible
And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,
- Youngs Literal Bible
And prescribed for it My decree, and set bars and doors,
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 38:10
38:10 Break up - Made those hollow places in the earth, which might serve for a cradle to receive and hold this great and goodly infant when it came out of the womb. And set - Fixed its bounds as strongly as if they were fortified with bars and doors.