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Job 38:8
Job 38:8 is verse 8 of Job chapter 38, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
King James Version
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake 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,
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Job 38:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
6 On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
7 while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
9 when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
10 when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 38:10when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
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.
Psalms 33:7He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
Psalms 104:9You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
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.