Job 38:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 1:9 : 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.
  • Jer 5:22 : 22 Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.
  • Prov 8:29 : 29 When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:
  • Ps 33:7 : 7 He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.
  • Ps 104:8-9 : 8 The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them. 9 You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them.
  • Job 38:10 : 10 Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;

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    9When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,

    10Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;

    11And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?

    12Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place;

    13So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it?

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    7When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy?

  • Job 38:16-18
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    16Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?

    17Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you?

    18Have you taken note of the wide limits of the earth? Say, if you have knowledge of it all.

  • Prov 8:27-29
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    27When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep:

    28When he made strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed:

    29When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:

  • Job 38:28-30
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    28Has the rain a father? or who gave birth to the drops of night mist?

    29Out of whose body came the ice? and who gave birth to the cold mist of heaven?

    30The waters are joined together, hard as a stone, and the face of the deep is covered.

  • Job 9:7-8
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    7Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.

    8By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:

  • Job 38:24-25
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    24Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth?

    25By whom has the way been cut for the flowing of the rain, and the flaming of the thunder;

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    10Because it did not keep the doors of my mother's body shut, so that trouble might be veiled from my eyes.

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    37By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,

    38When the earth becomes hard as metal, and is joined together in masses?

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    4Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.

    5By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it?

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    16Then the deep beds of the sea were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of the Lord's wrath, because of the breath of his mouth.

  • Exod 15:8
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    8By your breath the waves were massed together, the flowing waters were lifted up like a pillar; the deep waters became solid in the heart of the sea.

  • Job 38:33-34
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    33Have you knowledge of the laws of the heavens? did you give them rule over the earth?

    34Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?

  • Prov 8:24
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    24When there was no deep I was given birth, when there were no fountains flowing with water.

  • Ps 33:7
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    7He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.

  • Ps 18:15
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    15Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.

  • Job 26:12
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    12By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.

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    10Did you not make the sea dry, the waters of the great deep? did you not make the deep waters of the sea a way for the Lord's people to go through?

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    10By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.

  • Gen 8:2
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    2And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.

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    12Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?

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    15You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.

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    9Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea.

    10If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?

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    22Have you come into the secret place of snow, or have you seen the store-houses of the ice-drops,

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    16This is the word of the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, and a road through the deep waters;

  • Job 28:11
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    11He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light.

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    7Who makes the loud voice of the sea quiet, and puts an end to the sound of its waves.

  • Job 12:14-15
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    14Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.

    15Truly, he keeps back the waters and they are dry; he sends them out and the earth is overturned.

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    9You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.

  • Jer 51:16
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    16At the sound of his voice there is a massing of the waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain and sends out the wind from his store-houses.

  • Ps 8:8
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    8The birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatever goes through the deep waters of the seas.

  • Job 36:30
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    30See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it.

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    13The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken.