Job 38:8
Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb :
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 melody?
9when I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands?
Cross References
Job 38:10I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors :
Psalms 104:8The mountains ascend, and the plains descend into the place which thou hast founded for them.
Proverbs 8:29When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when be balanced 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 →