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God's Appointed Boundaries
Commentators explain that God didn't break a previous plan for the sea. Instead, He deliberately "marked out" or "prescribed" its limits. Whether by forming the sea basins or simply by decree, God actively established the exact place for the ocean, demonstrating His sovereign and meticulous control over creation.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 38:10
18th Century
Theologian
And broke up for it my decreed place - Margin, “established my decree upon it.” So Herder, “I fixed my decrees upon it.” Luther renders it, …
Charles Ellicott
On Job 38:10
19th Century
Bishop
And brake up for it my decreed place. —Rather, And prescribed for it my decree: that is to say, determined the boundaries…
John Gill
On Job 38:10
17th Century
Pastor
And brake up for it my decreed [place]
Or, as Mr. Broughton translates it, "and brake the earth for it by my decree"…
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Matthew Henry
On Job 38:4–11
17th Century
Minister
For the humbling of Job, God here shows him his ignorance, even concerning the earth and the sea. As we cannot find fault with God's work, so we ne…