Job 26:10

“He hath compassed the waters with bounds, etc.] Not the waters above the firmament, compassed by that, as if Job was contemplating on and discoursing about what is done in the heavens above; though the Targum seems to incline to this sense, paraphrasing the words, “he hath decreed that the firmament should be placed upon the face of the waters unto the end of light, with darkness;” but the waters of the sea, Job descending now to consider the waters of the great deep, and the wonderful restraint that is laid upon them; which is as astonishing as the binding up of the waters in the clouds without being rent by them; for this vast and unwieldy body of waters in the ocean Jehovah manages with…”

“Rather, "He hath drawn a circular bound round the waters" (Pro 8:27; Psa 104:9). The horizon seems a circle. Indication is given of the globular form of the earth. until the day, &c.--to the confines of light and darkness. When the light falls on our horizon, the other hemisphere is dark. UMBREIT and MAURER translate "He has most perfectly (literally, to perfection) drawn the bound (taken from the first clause) between light and darkness" (compare Gen 1:4, Gen 1:6, Gen 1:9): where the bounding of the light from darkness is similarly brought into proximity with the bounding of the waters.”

“He hath compassed the waters with bounds - The word rendered “compassed” (חוּג chûg), means to describe a circle - to mark out with a compass; and the reference is to the form of the horizon, which appears as a circle, and which seems to be marked out with a compass. A similar idea Milton has beautifully expressed in his account of the creation: “Then staid the fervid wheels, and in his hand He took the golden compasses, prepared In God’s eternal store, to circumscribe This universe, and all created things: One foot he centered, and the other turned Round through the vast profundity obscure; And said, ‘Thus far extend thy bounds, This be thy just cirrumference, O world! ‘“ Paradise Lost, B.…”

“26:10 created the horizon: See Gen 1:6-10; Ps 104:6-9; Prov 8:29.”

“compassed: Job 38:8-11; Psa 33:7, Psa 104:6-9; Pro 8:29; Jer 5:22 until: Gen 8:22; Isa 54:9, Isa 54:10 day and night come to an end: Heb. end of light with darkness Job 26:11”