Job 38:11

What does Job 38:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 38:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And I said: Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Context

v.10And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,

v.11This passage

v.12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 8:32

    Now there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they entreated him that he would give them leave to enter into them. And he gave them leave.

  • Psalms 76:10

    Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: The residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee.

  • Isaiah 27:8

    In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

  • Psalms 93:3

    The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves.

  • Psalms 89:9

    Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

  • Revelation 20:7

    And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

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