Job 38:8

World English Bible (2000)

"Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb,

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 1:9 : 9 God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so.
  • Jer 5:22 : 22 Don't you fear me?' says Yahweh 'Won't you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can't pass it? and though its waves toss themselves, yet they can't prevail; though they roar, yet they can't pass over it.'
  • Prov 8:29 : 29 when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth;
  • Ps 33:7 : 7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
  • Ps 104:8-9 : 8 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them. 9 You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they don't turn again to cover the earth.
  • Job 38:10 : 10 marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,

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    9when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,

    10marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,

    11and said, 'Here you may come, but no further. Here your proud waves shall be stayed?'

    12"Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;

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    7when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

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    16"Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

    17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

    18Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.

  • Prov 8:27-29
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    27When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle on the surface of the deep,

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  • Job 38:28-30
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    28Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?

    29Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?

    30The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.

  • Job 9:7-8
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    7He commands the sun, and it doesn't rise, and seals up the stars.

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  • Job 38:24-25
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    24By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?

    25Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;

  • Job 3:10
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    10because it didn't shut up the doors of my mother's womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

  • Job 38:37-38
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    37Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,

    38when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?

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    4"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

    5Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

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    16Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of Yahweh, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

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    8With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up. The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.

  • Job 38:33-34
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    33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?

    34"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?

  • Prov 8:24
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    24When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water.

  • Ps 33:7
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    7He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

  • Ps 18:15
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    15Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

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    12He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.

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    10Isn't it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?

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    10He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

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    2The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

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    12Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?

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    15You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

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    9Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

    10If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?

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    22Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures of the hail,

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    16Thus says Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

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    11He binds the streams that they don't trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.

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    7who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.

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    14Behold, he breaks down, and it can't be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

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    16when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.

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    8The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

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    30Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.

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    13You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.