He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
The truth received a great deal of light from the dispute between Job and his friends concerning those points about which they differed; but now they are upon a subject in which they were all agreed, the infinite glory and power of God.
Commenting on Job 26:5-14
He hath compassed the waters with bounds,.... 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...
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.