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Job 38:10

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38:10when I prescribed18 its limits,

and set19 in place its bolts and doors,

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Footnotes

  1. 18 The has “and I broke,” which cannot mean “set, prescribed” or the like. The and the have such a meaning, suggesting a verb עֲשִׁית (’ashiyt, “plan, prescribe”). A. Guillaume finds an Arabic word with a meaning “measured it by span by my decree.” Would God give himself a decree? R. Gordis simply argues that the basic meaning “break” develops the connotation of “decide, determine” (2 Sam 5:24; Job 14:3; Dan 11:36).
  2. 19 Dhorme suggested reversing the two verbs, making this the first, and then “shatter” for the second colon.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and prescribed limits for it

and set bars and doors,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

when I fixed limits for it

and set its doors and bars in place,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

when I determined its boundaries

and put its bars and doors in place,

NLTNew Living Translation

For I locked it behind barred gates,

limiting its shores.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and I prescribed my rule for it,

and I set bars and doors,

KJV 1900King James Version

And brake up for it my decreed place,

And set bars and doors,