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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Job 38:10

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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brake up for--that is, appointed it. Shores are generally broken and abrupt cliffs. The Greek for "shore" means "a broken place." I broke off or measured off for it my limit, that is, the limit which I thought fit (Job 26:10).
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