Job 38:10–12
Job 38:10–12 — The New International Version (NIV)
10 when I fixed limits for it
and set its doors and bars in place,
11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;
here is where your proud waves halt’?
12 “Have you ever given orders to the morning,
or shown the dawn its place,
Job 38:10–12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
10 And brake up for it my decreed place,
And set bars and doors,
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further:
And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days;
And caused the dayspring to know his place;
Job 38:10–12 — New Living Translation (NLT)
10 For I locked it behind barred gates,
limiting its shores.
11 I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come.
Here your proud waves must stop!’
12 “Have you ever commanded the morning to appear
and caused the dawn to rise in the east?
Job 38:10–12 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
10 When I fixed My limit for it,
And set bars and doors;
11 When I said,
‘This far you may come, but no farther,
And here your proud waves must stop!’
12 “Have you commanded the morning since your days began,
And caused the dawn to know its place,
Job 38:10–12 — New Century Version (NCV)
10 when I put limits on the sea
and put its doors and bars in place,
11 when I said to the sea, ‘You may come this far, but no farther;
this is where your proud waves must stop’?
12 “Have you ever ordered the morning to begin,
or shown the dawn where its place was
Job 38:10–12 — American Standard Version (ASV)
10 And marked out for it my bound,
And set bars and doors,
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further;
And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began,
And caused the dayspring to know its place;
Job 38:10–12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
10 When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
12 Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,
Job 38:10–12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
10 when I set a limit for it
and put up bars and gates,
11 when I said, ‘You may come this far but no farther.
Here your proud waves will stop’?
12 “Have you ever given orders to the morning
or assigned a place for the dawn
Job 38:10–12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
10 when I determined its boundaries
and put its bars and doors in place,
11 when I declared: “You may come this far, but no farther;
your proud waves stop here”?
12 Have you ever in your life commanded the morning
or assigned the dawn its place,
Job 38:10–12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
10 and prescribed bounds for it,
and set bars and doors,
11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
and here shall your proud waves be stopped’?
12 “Have you commanded the morning since your days began,
and caused the dawn to know its place,
Job 38:10–12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
10 and I prescribed my rule for it,
and I set bars and doors,
11 and I said, ‘You shall come up to here, but you shall not go further,
and here it will set a boundary for your proud surging waves’?
12 “Have you ever in your life commanded the morning?
Have you made the dawn know its place,
Job 38:10–12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
10 I set limits for it.
I put its doors and metal bars in place.
11 I said, ‘You can come this far.
But you can’t come any farther.
Here is where your proud waves have to stop.’
12 “Job, have you ever commanded the morning to come?
Have you ever shown the sun where to rise?
Job 38:10–12 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
10 And I placed boundaries on it
And set a bolt and doors,
11 And I said, ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther;
And here shall your proud waves stop’?
12 “Have you ever in your life commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place,