Job 38:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,”
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“Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Orwho shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 38:8 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:9And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
- Job 38:10when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
- Psalms 33:7He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
- Psalms 104:8the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—
- Psalms 107:24They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.
- Proverbs 8:29when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
- Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
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