Job 38:8
Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
Majority Standard Bible
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
7while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
9when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
Cross References
Job 38:10when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
Psalms 104:8the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—
Proverbs 8:29when 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.
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 →