Job 38:8

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

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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 a cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,

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Cross References

Job 38:10And broke up for it my decreed place , and set bars and doors,

Psalms 104:8They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys to the place which thou hast founded for them.

Proverbs 8:29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed 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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