Job 38:11
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And I said: Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves.

Psalm 65:6,7 Thou who preparest the mountains by thy strength, being girded with power: . . .

Psalm 93:3,4 The floods have lifted up, O Lord: the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods have lifted up their waves, . . .

Proverbs 8:29 I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times;

Mark 4:39-41 And rising up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: Peace, be still. And the wind ceased: and there was made a great calm. . . .

but

Job 1:22 In all these things Job sinned not by his lips, nor spoke he any foolish thing against God.

Job 2:6 And the Lord said to Satan: Behold, he is in thy hand, but yet save his life.

Psalm 76:10 For the thought of man shall give praise to thee: and the remainders of the thought shall keep holiday to thee.

Psalm 89:9 Thou rulest the power of the sea: and appeasest the motion of the waves thereof.

Isaiah 27:8 In measure against measure, when it shall be cast off, thou shalt judge it. He hath meditated with his severe spirit in the day of heat.

Luke 8:32,33 And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. . . .

Revelation 20:2,3,7,8 And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. . . .

thy proud waves.

Context
God Challenges Job
10I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors: 11And I said: Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves.12Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place?…
Cross References
Job 38:10
I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors:

Job 38:12
Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place?

Psalm 104:9
Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass over; neither shall they return to cover the earth.

Psalm 124:5
Our soul hath passed through a torrent: perhaps our soul had passed through a water insupportable.

Lexicon
and I declared:
וָאֹמַ֗ר (wā·’ō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘You may come
תָ֭בוֹא (ṯā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

this far,
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

but no
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

farther;
תֹסִ֑יף (ṯō·sîp̄)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3254: To add, augment

here
וּפֹ֥א־ (ū·p̄ō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6311: This place, here

your proud
בִּגְא֥וֹן (biḡ·’ō·wn)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1347: Arrogance, majesty, ornament

waves
גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃ (gal·le·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1530: Something rolled, a heap of stone, dung, a spring of water

must stop’?
יָ֝שִׁ֗ית (yā·šîṯ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7896: To put, set


Additional Translations
and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?And said, Till now shall you come, but no further: and here shall your proud waves be stayed?

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

And I said to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, but thy waves shall be confined within thee.

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

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

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

and said, 'Here you may come, but no further. Here your proud waves shall be stayed?'

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