Job 38:8
“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,
World English Bible Catholic
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 clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
Cross References
Job 38:10marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,
Psalms 104:8The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.
Proverbs 8:29when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, 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 →