Job 38:8

And I shut up the sea with gates, 1 When it rushed out, coming forth out of its mother’s womb. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 stars were made, 1 All my angels praised me with a loud voice. 1

9And I made a cloud its clothing, 1 And swathed it in mist. 1

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Cross References

Job 38:10And I set bounds to it, 1 Surrounding it with bars and gates. 1

Psalms 104:8He has remembered his covenant forever, 1 The word which he commanded for a thousand generations: 1

Proverbs 8:29And when he strengthened the foundations of the earth: 1

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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