Job 26:10
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end."
Word-by-Word Analysis
סָבַב
çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
גָּבַל
gâbal
properly, to twist as arope; to bound (as by a line)
עַד
ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
קֵץ
qêts
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
Key Terms in This Verse
סָבַב çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
Study H5437 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →עַד ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
Study H5705 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →Cross References
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss...
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
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