Job 38:8

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Or who enclosed the sea with doors when it burst forth from the womb,

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  • Gen 1:9 : 9 Then God said, 'Let the waters under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.' And it was so.
  • Jer 5:22 : 22 Should you not fear Me? declares the Lord. Should you not tremble in My presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting decree it cannot cross. Though its waves surge, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot cross it.
  • Prov 8:29 : 29 When He set the boundary for the sea so the waters would not overstep His command, and when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
  • Ps 33:7 : 7 He gathers the waters of the sea like a heap; He puts the depths into storehouses.
  • Ps 104:8-9 : 8 The mountains rose, the valleys went down to the place You established for them. 9 You set a boundary they cannot cross; they will never again cover the earth.
  • Job 38:10 : 10 when I set its boundary and placed bars and doors on it,

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  • Job 38:9-13
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    9when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,

    10when I set its boundary and placed bars and doors on it,

    11and said, 'This far you may come, but no farther; here is where your proud waves must halt.'

    12Have you ever commanded the morning or shown the dawn its place,

    13that it might take hold of the edges of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

  • Job 38:7
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    7While the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

  • Job 38:16-18
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    16Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?

    17Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?

    18Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this.

  • Prov 8:27-29
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    27When He established the heavens, I was there; when He marked out the horizon on the face of the deep.

    28When He strengthened the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong.

    29When He set the boundary for the sea so the waters would not overstep His command, and when He marked out the foundations of the earth.

  • Job 38:28-30
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    28Does the rain have a father, or who gives birth to the dew drops?

    29From whose womb does the ice come forth? Who gives birth to the frost of the heavens,

    30when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?

  • Job 9:7-8
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    7He commands the sun not to rise, and seals up the stars.

    8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

  • Job 38:24-25
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    24What is the way to the place where the light is divided, or the east wind scattered over the earth?

    25Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain and a path for the thunderstorm,

  • Job 3:10
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    10Because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb, nor hide trouble from my eyes.

  • Job 38:37-38
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    37Who can count the clouds with wisdom or tilt the water jars of the heavens,

    38when the dust becomes hard as metal and the clods of earth stick together?

  • Job 38:4-5
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    4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

    5Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the measuring line across it?

  • 2 Sam 22:16
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    16The channels of the sea were visible, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at the rebuke of the LORD, at the breath of his nostrils.

  • Exod 15:8
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    8By the blast of Your nostrils, the waters piled up; the flowing waters stood like a wall; the depths 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 set up their dominion over the earth?

    34Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water?

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

  • Ps 33:7
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    7He gathers the waters of the sea like a heap; He puts the depths into storehouses.

  • Ps 18:15
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    15He shot His arrows and scattered His enemies; with great bolts of lightning, He threw them into confusion.

  • Job 26:12
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    12By his power he stilled the sea, and by his understanding he struck down Rahab.

  • Isa 51:10
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    10Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made the depths of the sea a road for the redeemed to cross over?

  • Job 26:10
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    10He inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

  • Gen 8:2
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    2The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.

  • Job 7:12
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    12Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you put me under guard?

  • Ps 74:15
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    15You opened up springs and streams; You dried up ever-flowing rivers.

  • Job 11:9-10
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    9Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

    10If He passes by, imprisons, or calls an assembly, who can turn Him back?

  • Job 38:22
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    22Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail,

  • Isa 43:16
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    16This is what the LORD says— He who makes a way through the sea and a path through mighty waters,

  • Job 28:11
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    11He dams up streams to stop their flow, and brings to light what is hidden.

  • Ps 65:7
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    7You formed the mountains by your strength, being armed with power.

  • Job 12:14-15
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    14"What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be set free."

    15"If He holds back the waters, they dry up; if He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth."

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    9LORD God of Hosts, who is mighty like you, LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds you.

  • Jer 51:16
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    16When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and brings forth wind from His storehouses.

  • Ps 8:8
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    8sheep and cattle, all of them, and even the beasts of the field,

  • Job 36:30
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    30Behold, He spreads His light over it and covers the depths of the sea.

  • Ps 74:13
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    13You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.