Job 38:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Then I built a wall around it, locked the gates,

Cross References

Genesis 9:15

I will remember my promise to you and to all other living creatures. Never again will I let flood waters destroy all life.

Job 26:10

On the surface of the sea, God has drawn a boundary line between light and darkness.

Job 38:11

and said, “Your powerful waves stop here! They can go no further.”

Job 38:9

and wrapped it in blankets of thickest fog.

Job 41:14

Who would try to open its jaws, full of fearsome teeth?

Psalm 104:9

Now you have set boundaries, so that the water will never flood the earth again.

Psalm 33:7

He scooped up the ocean and stored the water.

Proverbs 8:29

I was there when he set boundaries for the sea to make it obey him, and when he laid foundations to support the earth.

Jeremiah 5:22

that you should worship me with fear and trembling? I'm the one who made the shore to hold back the ocean. Waves may crash on the beach, but they can come no further.