Job 38:8
Who enclosed the sea with doors, when it broke forth as if issuing from the womb,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
In Context
7when the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful noise?
9when I stationed a cloud as its garment and wrapped it in a mist as if swaddling an infant?
Cross References
Job 38:10I encircled it with my limits, and I positioned its bars and doors.
Psalms 104:8He has remembered his covenant for all ages: the word that he entrusted to a thousand generations,
Proverbs 8:29when he encompassed the sea within its limits, and laid down a law for the waters, lest they transgress their limits; when he weighed the foundations of the earth.
Matthew Henry on Job 38:5-12
The Creation of the World. ( b. c. 1520.) 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 9 When I made the… Read the whole commentary →