JOB 26:10 Parallel View

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ULT He has circled a limit on the face of the waters
⇔ unto the boundary of light with darkness.

UST God has set the horizon in place as the outer edge of the oceans.
⇔ The horizon is at the place where the sky meets the earth.

BSB He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters
⇔ at the boundary between light and darkness.

OEB A circle He drew on the deep,
⇔ To the confines of light and of darkness.

WEB He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters,
⇔ and to the confines of light and darkness.

MSG ^(5-14)“All the buried dead are in torment,
  and all who’ve been drowned in the deep, deep sea.
Hell is ripped open before God,
  graveyards dug up and exposed.
He spreads the skies over unformed space,
  hangs the earth out in empty space.
He pours water into cumulus cloud-bags
  and the bags don’t burst.
He makes the moon wax and wane,
  putting it through its phases.
He draws the horizon out over the ocean,
  sets a boundary between light and darkness.
Thunder crashes and rumbles in the skies.
  Listen! It’s God raising his voice!
By his power he stills sea storms,
  by his wisdom he tames sea monsters.
With one breath he clears the sky,
  with one finger he crushes the sea serpent.
And this is only the beginning,
  a mere whisper of his rule.
  Whatever would we do if he really raised his voice!”

NET He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters
 ⇔ as a boundary between light and darkness.

LSV He has placed a limit on the waters,
To the boundary of light with darkness.

FBV On the surface of the waters he set a boundary; he set a limit dividing light from darkness.[fn]

26:10 There are echoes of the Genesis account of creation here.

T4T He separated the light from the darkness
⇔ and put the horizon to mark the place where the night ends and the daytime begins.

LEB • [fn] on the face of the water[fn]

?:? NRSV; literally “a limit he has circled”

?:? Literally “at the end of light with darkness”

BBE By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.

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JPS He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.

ASV He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters,
 ⇔ Unto the confines of light and darkness.

DRA He hath set bounds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end.

YLT A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.

DBY He hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.

RV He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.

WBS He hath encompassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

KJB He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.[fn]
(He hath/has compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.)

26.10 until…: Heb. until the end of light with darkness

BB He hath compassed the waters with certayne boundes, vntill the day and night come to an ende.
(He hath/has compassed the waters with certain boundes, until the day and night come to an ende.)

GNV He hath set bounds about the waters, vntil the day and night come to an ende.
(He hath/has set bounds about the waters, until the day and night come to an ende. )

CB He hath copased the waters wt certayne boundes, vntill the daye & night come to an ende.
(He hath/has copased the waters with certain boundes, until the day and night come to an ende.)

WYC He hath cumpassid a terme to watris, til that liyt and derknessis be endid.
(He hath/has cumpassid a terme to waters, til that light and darkness be endid.)

LUT Er hat um das Wasser ein Ziel gesetzt, bis das Licht samt der Finsternis vergehe.
(Er has around/by/for the water a Ziel gesetzt, until the light samt the darkness vergehe.)

CLV Terminum circumdedit aquis, usque dum finiantur lux et tenebræ.[fn]
(Terminum circumdedit aquis, usque dum finiantur light and tenebræ.)

26.10 Terminum circumdedit aquis. Quia humani generis scientiam moderatur, ut quousque vicissitudines alternantium temporum transeunt, perfecte ad cognitionem claritatis intimæ non pertingant.

26.10 Terminum circumdedit aquis. Quia humani generis scientiam moderatur, as quousque vicissitudines alternantium temporum transeunt, perfecte to cognitionem claritatis intimæ not/no pertingant.

BRN He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, until the end of light and darkness.

BrLXX Πρόσταγμα ἐγύρωσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ὕδατος, μέχρι συντελείας φωτὸς μετὰ σκότους.
(Prostagma egurōsen epi prosōpon hudatos, meⱪri sunteleias fōtos meta skotous. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

חֹֽק־חָ֭ג עַל־פְּנֵי־מָ֑יִם

circle described on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of waters

Job is speaking as if the surface of the waters or oceans were literally their face. He is describing the horizon, which, to a land-bound observer, seems to be a limit on how far the oceans extend. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “God has placed a circular limit on the surface of the oceans”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

עַד־תַּכְלִ֖ית א֣וֹר עִם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ

until boundary light with darkness

Job implicitly means that the limit that God has placed on the extent of the oceans coincides with the bottom of the dome of the sky, which people in this culture considered to be a solid object. Beneath the dome, in which the sun, moon, and stars shone, there was light. Beyond the dome was darkness. So Job is using the boundary of light with darkness to refer by association to the sky. You could indicate this in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “at the bottom of the dome of the sky”

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