Job 38:8

וַיָּסֶךְ בִּדְלָתַיִם יָם בְּגִיחוֹ מֵרֶחֶם יֵצֵֽא ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

7בְּרָן ־ יַחַד כּוֹכְבֵי בֹקֶר וַיָּרִיעוּ כָּל ־ בְּנֵי אֱלֹהִֽים ׃

9בְּשׂוּמִי עָנָן לְבֻשׁוֹ וַעֲרָפֶל חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Job 38:10וָאֶשְׁבֹּר עָלָיו חֻקִּי וָֽאָשִׂים בְּרִיחַ וּדְלָתָֽיִם ׃

Psalms 104:8יַעֲלוּ הָרִים יֵרְדוּ בְקָעוֹת אֶל ־ מְקוֹם זֶה ׀ יָסַדְתָּ לָהֶֽם ׃

Proverbs 8:29בְּשׂוּמוֹ לַיָּם ׀ חֻקּוֹ וּמַיִם לֹא יַֽעַבְרוּ ־ פִיו בְּחוּקוֹ מוֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ ׃

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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