Job 38:11

Easy To Read Version

I said to the sea,\par ‘You can come this far, but no farther.\par This is where your proud waves\par will stop.’\par

Cross References

1 Kings 13:28

The old prophet went and found the body lying on the road. The donkey and the lion were still standing near it. The lion had not eaten the body, and it did not hurt the donkey.

Job 1:22

All of those things happened, but Job didn’t sin. Job didn’t say that God did anything wrong.

Job 2:6

So the Lord said to Satan, “All right, Job is in your power. But you are not allowed to kill him.”

Job 26:10

God drew the horizon on the ocean,\par like a circle\par where light and darkness meet.\par

Job 38:10

I set the limits for the sea\par and put it behind locked gates.\par

Job 38:12

“Job, did you ever in your life\par command the morning to start\par or the day to begin?\par

Psalm 104:9

You set the limits for the seas.\par And the water will never again\par rise to cover the earth.\par

Psalm 124:5

Those proud people would have been\par like water rising up to our mouth\par and drowning us.\par

Psalm 76:10

God, people respect you\par when you punish evil people.\par You show your anger,\par and the survivors {\cf2\super [434]} become stronger.\par

Psalm 89:9

You proudly rule the sea.\par You can calm its angry waves.\par

Proverbs 8:29

I was there when the Lord set the limits\par for water in the seas.\par The water can’t rise higher\par than the Lord allows.\par I was there when the Lord made\par the foundations of the earth.\par

Isaiah 27:8

The Lord will settle his argument with Israel by sending her far away. The Lord will speak harshly to Israel. His words will burn like the hot desert wind.

Jeremiah 5:22

Surely you are afraid of me.’”\par This message is from the Lord.\par “You should shake with fear in front of me.\par I am the One who made the beaches\par to be a boundary for the sea.\par I made it that way to keep the water\par in its place forever.\par The waves may pound the beach,\par but they will not destroy it.\par The waves may roar as they come in,\par but they can’t go beyond the beach.\par