Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, New Living Translation “Who kept the sea inside its boundaries as it burst from the womb, English Standard Version “Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb, Berean Standard Bible Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, King James Bible Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? New King James Version “Or who shut in the sea with doors, When it burst forth and issued from the womb; New American Standard Bible “Or who enclosed the sea with doors When it went out from the womb, bursting forth; NASB 1995 “Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb; NASB 1977 “Or who enclosed the sea with doors, When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb; Legacy Standard Bible “Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb, Amplified Bible “Or who enclosed the sea with doors When it burst forth and went out of the womb; Christian Standard Bible Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst from the womb, Holman Christian Standard Bible Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst from the womb, American Standard Version Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he shut the doors of the sea and it gushed out from the womb and it brought forth Brenton Septuagint Translation And I shut up the sea with gates, when it rushed out, coming forth out its mother's womb. Contemporary English Version When the ocean was born, I set its boundaries Douay-Rheims Bible Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb : English Revised Version Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb; GOD'S WORD® Translation "Who shut the sea behind gates when it burst through and came out of the womb, Good News Translation Who closed the gates to hold back the sea when it burst from the womb of the earth? International Standard Version "Who enclosed the sea with limits when it gushed out of the womb, JPS Tanakh 1917 Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it broke forth, and issued out of the womb; Literal Standard Version And He shuts up the sea with doors, | In its coming forth, it goes out from the womb. Majority Standard Bible Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, New American Bible Who shut within doors the sea, when it burst forth from the womb, NET Bible "Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb, New Revised Standard Version “Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb?— New Heart English Bible "Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb, Webster's Bible Translation Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? World English Bible “Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb, Young's Literal Translation And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Challenges Job…7while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, 9when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,… Cross References Genesis 1:7 So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so. Genesis 1:9 And 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 28:25 When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters, Job 38:9 when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, Psalm 104:6 You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. Proverbs 8:29 when 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. Proverbs 30:4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son--surely you know! Treasury of Scripture Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? who Job 38:10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, Genesis 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. Psalm 33:7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. out Job 38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? Jump to Previous Birth Brake Broke Burst Bursting Doors Enclosed Forth Issued Issuing Pushing Sea Secret Shut Shutteth WombJump to Next Birth Brake Broke Burst Bursting Doors Enclosed Forth Issued Issuing Pushing Sea Secret Shut Shutteth WombJob 38 1. God challenges Job to answer4. God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance 31. and weakness Verse 8. - Or who shut up the sea with doors? From the earth a transition is made to the sea, as the second great wonder in creation (comp. Genesis 1:9, 10; Exodus 20:11; Psalm 104:24, 25). God's might is especially shown in his power to control and confine the sea, which rages so terribly and seems so utterly uncontrollable. God has blocked it in "with doors" - i.e. with "bounds that it cannot pass, neither turn again to cover the earth" (Psalm 145:9). Sometimes the barrier is one of lofty and solid rock, which seems well suited to confine and restrain; but sometimes it is no more than a thin streak of sliver sand or a bank of loose, shifting pebbles. Yet, in both cases alike, the restraint suffices. "The sand is placed for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it" (Jeremiah 5:22); the beach of shifting pebbles remains as firm as the rock itself, and never recedes or advances more than a few feet. When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb; i.e. at its birth, when it was first formed, by the gathering together of the waters into one place (see Genesis 1:9). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Who enclosedוַיָּ֣סֶךְ (way·yā·seḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5526: To entwine as a, screen, to fence in, cover over, protect the sea יָ֑ם (yām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin behind doors בִּדְלָתַ֣יִם (biḏ·lā·ṯa·yim) Preposition-b | Noun - fd Strong's 1817: Something swinging, the valve of a, door when it burst forth בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ (bə·ḡî·ḥōw) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1518: To gush forth, to issue from the womb, מֵרֶ֥חֶם (mê·re·ḥem) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7358: The womb Links Job 38:8 NIVJob 38:8 NLT Job 38:8 ESV Job 38:8 NASB Job 38:8 KJV Job 38:8 BibleApps.com Job 38:8 Biblia Paralela Job 38:8 Chinese Bible Job 38:8 French Bible Job 38:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 38:8 Or who shut up the sea (Jb) |
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