Job 38:11

The LORD Challenges Job · Job 38:1–41
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Translations

Modern
…and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
Traditional
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Literal
…and I said, ‘Up to here you may come, and you shall not go further; and here shall be set the pride of your waves’?
Latin
…et dixi: Usque huc venies, et non procedes amplius, et hic confringes tumentes fluctus tuos.

Original

Hebrew
English
…and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?

Notes

set in place its bars and doors: God describes the sea as a dangerous creature that is kept under control.

God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints God’s Uniqueness

Events

Glossary

Book of Job Prayer of Manasseh Proverbs, Book of Sea Wisdom Literature

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God Continents: General Scriptures Concerning God: Creator God: Power of God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: General Scriptures Concerning The Sea: God: Set Bounds To, by a Perpetual Decree