Job 38:8
6 On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
7 while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
9 when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
10 when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
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- BSB
- Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
- KJV
- Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
- WEB
- “Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,
- ASV
- Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb;
- DARBY
- And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
- BLB
- Or [who] shut in the sea with doors, at its coming forth in its bursting from the womb,
- ÅB
- Og hvem lukket for havet med dører, da det brøt fram og gikk ut av mors liv,
- OTB
- «Hvem stengte havet med dører
da det brøt fram fra morslivet, - B1930
- Og hvem lukket for havet med dører, da det brøt frem og gikk ut av mors liv,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 1:9
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.
Read in contextProverbs 8:29
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.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:22
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 cannot cross it.
Read in contextPsalms 104:8–9
the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—
Read in contextPsalms 33:7
He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
Read in contextJob 38:10
when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
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