Job 38:8

And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.

Young's Literal Translation

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

7In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,

9In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,

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Cross References

Job 38:10And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,

Psalms 104:8They go up hills — they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them.

Proverbs 8:29In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of 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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