Job 38:8

And who shut up the sea with doors, When it burst forth as from the womb?

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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 clouds its mantle, And thick darkness its swaddling-band;

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Cross References

Job 38:10When I appointed for it my bound, And fixed for it bars and doors;

Psalms 104:8The mountains rose, the valleys sank, In the place which thou didst appoint for them.

Proverbs 8:29When he gave to the sea its bounds, that the waters should not pass their border; 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 →

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