Nov 19, 2010

Amens: Job

Favorite translation from Job taken from The Message.

Job 38:8-11 - And who took charge of the ocean when it gushed forth like a baby from the womb?  That was me!  I wrapped it in soft clouds, and tucked it in safely at night.  Then I made a playpen for it, a strong playpen so it couldn't run loose, And said, 'Stay here, this is your place. Your wild tantrums are confined to this place.'

However, I do also love these same verses worded in the NKJV:
Or who shut in the sea with doors, When it burst forth and issued from the womb;  When I made the clouds its garment, And thick darkness its swaddling band; When I fixed My limit for it, And set bars and doors; When I said, 'This far you may come, but no further, And here your proud waves must stop!'

No comments: