Job 38:8 “Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,”

Job 38:8

Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

World English Bible

“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,

American Standard Version

Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb;

Geneva Bible 1599

Or who hath shut vp the Sea with doores, when it yssued and came foorth as out of the wombe:

Darby Translation

And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?

Young's Literal Translation

And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.

Bible in Basic English

Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;

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Cross references

“who”

Genesis 1:9 Proverbs 8:29 Jeremiah 5:22 Psalm 33:7 Job 38:10 Psalm 104:9

Genesis 1:9 · BSB

And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.

Proverbs 8:29 · BSB

when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.

Jeremiah 5:22 · BSB

Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but ca…

Psalm 33:7 · BSB

He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.

Job 38:10 · BSB

when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,

Psalm 104:9 · BSB

You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.

Also

Psalm 104:8–9

Psalm 104:8–9 · BSB

the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

9when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,

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