Job 38:11

when I said, ‘To here you may come ¹  and no farther, ²  here your proud waves will be confined’? ³ 

biblegateway Job 38:11

when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt’?

biblegateway Job 38:11

And I said, ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop’?

biblegateway Job 38:11

I said, ‘Thus far and no farther will you come. Here your proud waves must stop!’

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And said, 'Stay here, this is your place. Your wild tantrums are confined to this place.'

SABDAweb Job 38:11

And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?

bibleoremus Job 38:11

and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stopped’?

biblegateway Job 38:11

When I said, ‘This far you may come, but no farther, And here your proud waves must stop!’

biblegateway Job 38:11

when I said, ‘To here you may come ¹  and no farther, ²  here your proud waves will be confined’? ³ 

¹ tn The imperfect verb receives the permission nuance here.

² tn The text has תֹסִיף (tosif, “and you may not add”), which is often used idiomatically (as in verbal hendiadys constructions).

³ tn The MT literally says, “here he will put on the pride of your waves.” The verb has no expressed subject and so is made a passive voice. But there has to be some object for the verb “put,” such as “limit” or “boundary”; the translations “confined; halted; stopped” all serve to paraphrase such an idea. The LXX has “broken” at this point, suggesting the verse might have been confused – but “breaking the pride” of the waves would mean controlling them. Some commentators have followed this, exchanging the verb in v. 11 with this one.