Job 38:8

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

Darby Translation

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 sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

9When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;

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Cross References

Job 38:10When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,

Psalms 104:8The mountains rose, the valleys sank, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them;

Proverbs 8:29when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed 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 →

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