King James Version
Job 38:11 in the King James Version says “And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? thy: Heb. the pride of thy...” — study this verse from Job chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? thy: Heb. the pride of thy waves”
Job 38:11 · KJV
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, brake: or, established my decree upon it
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? thy: Heb. the pride of thy waves
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? ends: Heb. wings
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Hitherto”
H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“waves”
H1530something rolled, i.e., a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
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