Job 26:10
What does Job 26:10 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 26:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He hath set bounds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 104:6
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.
- Proverbs 8:29
When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
- Jeremiah 5:22
Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
- Isaiah 54:9
For this isasthe waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
- Genesis 8:22
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
- Psalms 33:7
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.
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