Job 38:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?”

Job 38:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 38:11 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 38:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here’?”

Job 38:11 — World English Bible

Job 38:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed? ”

Job 38:11 — American Standard Version

Job 38:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'”

Job 38:11 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 38:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? ”

Job 38:11 — Darby Translation

Job 38:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall it stay thy proude waues.”

Job 38:11 — Geneva Bible

Job 38:11 in Context — Job 38

9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

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;

13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

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What Does Job 38:11 Mean?

Job 38:11 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 38. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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