Job 26:10
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
Hee hath compassed the waters with bounds, †vntill the day and night come to an end.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. vntill the end of light with darknesse.
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- Job 38:8–11Rank 2 from verse 10
8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
8*Or 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.
- Jeremiah 5:22Rank 3 from verse 10
22Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which 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?
22*Feare yee not mee, saith the LORD? Will yee not tremble at my presence, which haue placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetuall decree that it cannot passe it, and though the waues thereof tosse themselues, yet can they not preuaile, though they roare, yet can they not passe ouer it?
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9For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
10For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
9*For this is as the waters of Noah vnto me: for as I haue sworne that the waters of Noah should no more goe ouer the earth; so haue I sworne that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
10For the mountaines shall depart, and the hilles be remoued, but my kindnesse shall not depart from thee, neither shall the couenant of my peace be remoued, saith the LORD, that hath mercie on thee.
- Psalms 104:6–9Rank 7 from verse 10
6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
7At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
8They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
6Thou coueredst it with the deepe as with a garment: the waters stood aboue the mountaines.
7At thy rebuke they fled: at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
8‖They go vp by the mountaines: they goe downe by the valleys vnto the place which thou hast founded for them.
9Thou hast set a bound that they may not passe ouer: that they turne not againe to couer the earth.
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Job 26:10
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of compass, meaning to go around, surround, enclose, or encircle.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Limits, borders, or boundary lines that are fixed or appointed.
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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.
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Sense 1: The last or concluding part, termination, or limit. Sense 2: A purpose or intended result. Sense 3: As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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9He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
9Hee holdeth backe the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud vpon it.
10He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
10Hee hath compassed the waters with bounds, †vntill the day and night come to an end.
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