10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
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Fear 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?
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-11)For the humbling of Job, God here shows him his ignorance even concerning the earth and the sea. Though so near, though so bulky, yet he could give no account of their origination, much less of heaven above or hell beneath, which are at such a distance, or of the several parts of matter which are so minute, and then, least of all, of the divine counsels. I. Concerning the founding of the earth. “I…
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