Job 38:11
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
KJV
et dixi : Usque huc venies, et non procedes amplius, et hic confringes tumentes fluctus tuos.
Vulgate
εἶπα δὲ αὐτῇ Μέχρι τούτου ἐλεύσῃ, καὶ οὐχ ὑπερβήσῃ, ἀλλ’ ἐν σεαυτῇ συντριβήσεταί σου τὰ κύματα.
LXX
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
ASV
וָ/אֹמַ֗ר עַד פֹּ֣ה תָ֭בוֹא וְ/לֹ֣א תֹסִ֑יף וּ/פֹ֥א יָ֝שִׁ֗ית בִּ/גְא֥וֹן גַּלֶּֽי/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
גְּא֣וֹן
g'vn
noun · 49×
הוּ
hv
verb · 85×
ו
v
noun · 34×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יֹּ֣סֶף
ysp
verb · 208×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
פֹּ֖ה
ph
adverb · 82×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
The heavens, revolving under His government, are subject to Him in peace. Day and night run the course appointed by Him, in no wise hindering each other. The sun and moon, with the companies of the stars, roll on in harmony according to His command, within their prescribed limits, and without any deviation.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 13:28 — And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.
- Isa 27:8 — In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
- Job 2:6 — And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
- Job 9:8 — Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
- Luke 8:32 — And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
- Mark 4:39 — And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
- Mark 4:39 — And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
- Mark 4:41 — And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
- Nah 1:4 — He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
- Prov 8:29 — When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
- Ps 46:3 — Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
- Ps 65:6 — Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
- Ps 89:9 — Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
- Ps 93:3 — The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
- Ps 93:4 — The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
- Ps 124:5 — Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.