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Marked out for it my bound, Set bars and doors,
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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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Job
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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, …
19th Century
Anglican
And brake up for it my decreed place. —Rather, And prescribed for it my decree: that is to say, determined the boundaries…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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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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…
13th Century
Catholic
After the discussion about divine providence between Job and his friends, Eliud had taken it upon himself to resolve the matter, contradicting Job …
