Job 38:8

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{ "verseID": "Job.38.8", "source": "וַיָּ֣סֶךְ בִּדְלָתַ֣יִם יָ֑ם בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ מֵרֶ֥חֶם יֵצֵֽא׃", "text": "And-*yāsek* with-*dĕlātayim* *yām* when-*gîḥô* from-*reḥem* *yēṣēʾ*.", "grammar": { "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*yāsek*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - he shut up/enclosed", "*bə*": "preposition - with/by", "*dĕlātayim*": "noun, feminine dual - doors/gates", "*yām*": "noun, masculine singular - sea", "*bə*": "preposition - in/when", "*gîḥô*": "qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its bursting forth", "*min*": "preposition - from", "*reḥem*": "noun, masculine singular - womb", "*yēṣēʾ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it came out" }, "variants": { "*yāsek*": "he shut up/he enclosed/he confined", "*dĕlātayim*": "doors/gates/double doors", "*gîḥô*": "its bursting forth/its gushing out", "*reḥem*": "womb/matrix/birth" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֣סֶךְ בִּדְלָתַ֣יִם יָ֑ם בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ מֵרֶ֥חֶם יֵצֵֽא׃

Transliteration

And-yāsek with-dĕlātayim yām when-gîḥô from-reḥem yēṣēʾ.

Grammar Details

• *wə-*: conjunction - and
• *yāsek*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - he shut up/enclosed
• *bə*: preposition - in/when
• *dĕlātayim*: noun, feminine dual - doors/gates
• *yām*: noun, masculine singular - sea
• *gîḥô*: qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its bursting forth
• *min*: preposition - from
• *reḥem*: noun, masculine singular - womb
• *yēṣēʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it came out

Word Meanings

• *yāsek*: he shut up/he enclosed/he confined
• *dĕlātayim*: doors/gates/double doors
• *gîḥô*: its bursting forth/its gushing out
• *reḥem*: womb/matrix/birth

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Or who closed up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Who shutt the see with dores, when it brake forth as a childe out off his mothers wombe?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Or who hath shut vp the Sea with doores, when it yssued and came foorth as out of the wombe:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Who shut the sea with doores, when it brake foorth as out of the wombe?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Or `who' shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, `as if' it had issued out of the womb;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb,

Referenced Verses

• Gen 1:9 : 9 { "verseID": "Genesis.1.9", "source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים יִקָּו֨וּ הַמַּ֜יִם מִתַּ֤חַת הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ אֶל־מָק֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד וְתֵרָאֶ֖ה הַיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃", "text": "And *wayyōʾmer* *ʾĕlōhîm* *yiqqāwû* the *mayim* *mittaḥat* the *šāmayim* to *māqôm* *ʾeḥād* and *tērāʾeh* the *yabbāšāh* and *wayĕhî*-*kēn*", "grammar": { "*yiqqāwû*": "verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural, jussive - let be gathered", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to/toward", "*māqôm*": "noun, masculine singular - place", "*tērāʾeh*": "verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular, jussive - let appear", "*yabbāšāh*": "noun, feminine singular - dry land" }, "variants": { "*yiqqāwû*": "let be gathered/let be collected/let be assembled", "*māqôm*": "place/location/area", "*tērāʾeh*": "let appear/let be seen/let become visible", "*yabbāšāh*": "dry land/dry ground/continent" } }
• Jer 5:22 : 22 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.5.22", "source": "הַאוֹתִ֨י לֹא־תִירָ֜אוּ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֗ה אִ֤ם מִפָּנַי֙ לֹ֣א תָחִ֔ילוּ אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֤מְתִּי חוֹל֙ גְּב֣וּל לַיָּ֔ם חָק־עוֹלָ֖ם וְלֹ֣א יַעַבְרֶ֑נְהוּ וַיִּֽתְגָּעֲשׁוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יוּכָ֔לוּ וְהָמ֥וּ גַלָּ֖יו וְלֹ֥א יַעַבְרֻֽנְהוּ׃", "text": "?*Ha'ôtî* not-you will *tîrā'û* *nə'um*-*YHWH*, if from my *pānay* not you will *tāḥîlû*? I who-*śamtî* *ḥôl* *gəbûl* to the *yām*, *ḥoq*-*'ôlām* and not it will *ya'abrenhu*; and they *wayyitgā'ăšû* and not they *yûkālû*, and they *hāmû* his *gallāyw* and not they *ya'abrunnəhû*.", "grammar": { "*ha*": "interrogative prefix - ?", "*'ôtî*": "direct object marker + 1st singular suffix - me", "*lō'*": "negative particle - not", "*tîrā'û*": "imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will fear", "*nə'um*": "construct noun - declaration/utterance of", "*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh", "*'im*": "conditional particle - if", "*mippānay*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 1st singular suffix - from my face/presence", "*lō'*": "negative particle - not", "*tāḥîlû*": "imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will tremble", "*'ăšer*": "relative pronoun - who", "*śamtî*": "perfect, 1st singular - I placed", "*ḥôl*": "noun, masculine singular - sand", "*gəbûl*": "noun, masculine singular - boundary/border/limit", "*la*": "preposition + article - to the", "*yām*": "noun, masculine singular - sea", "*ḥoq*": "noun, masculine singular construct - statute/decree of", "*'ôlām*": "noun, masculine singular - eternity", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*lō'*": "negative particle - not", "*ya'abrenhu*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - it will pass over it", "*wa*": "conjunction - and", "*yitgā'ăšû*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine plural, hithpael - they toss themselves", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*lō'*": "negative particle - not", "*yûkālû*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they are able", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*hāmû*": "perfect, 3rd plural - they roar", "*gallāyw*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its waves", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*lō'*": "negative particle - not", "*ya'abrunnəhû*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - they will pass over it" }, "variants": { "*tîrā'û*": "you will fear/revere/be afraid of", "*tāḥîlû*": "you will tremble/writhe/be in anguish", "*ḥôl*": "sand/grain", "*gəbûl*": "boundary/border/limit", "*ḥoq-'ôlām*": "eternal decree/everlasting statute", "*yitgā'ăšû*": "toss themselves/rage/roar", "*hāmû*": "roar/make noise/be tumultuous", "*ya'abrunnəhû*": "pass over it/transgress it/cross it" } }
• Prov 8:29 : 29 { "verseID": "Proverbs.8.29", "source": "בְּשׂ֘וּמ֤וֹ לַיָּ֨ם ׀ חֻקּ֗וֹ וּ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יַֽעַבְרוּ־פִ֑יו בְּ֝חוּק֗וֹ מ֣וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃", "text": "When-*śûmô layyām ḥuqqô*, and-*mayim* not *yaʿabrû-pîw*, when-*ḥûqô môsᵊdê ʾāreṣ*", "grammar": { "*śûmô*": "qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his setting", "*layyām*": "preposition with definite article and masculine singular noun - for the sea", "*ḥuqqô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his decree", "*mayim*": "masculine plural noun - waters", "*yaʿabrû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they transgress", "*pîw*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his command", "*ḥûqô*": "qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his marking out", "*môsᵊdê*": "masculine plural construct - foundations of", "*ʾāreṣ*": "feminine singular noun - earth/land" }, "variants": { "*śûmô*": "his setting/placing/establishing", "*ḥuqqô*": "his decree/boundary/statute", "*yaʿabrû-pîw*": "they transgress his command/mouth/word", "*môsᵊdê*": "foundations/bases", "*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground" } }
• Ps 33:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Psalms.33.7", "source": "כֹּנֵ֣ס כַּ֭נֵּד מֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם נֹתֵ֖ן בְּאֹצָר֣וֹת תְּהוֹמֽוֹת׃", "text": "*Kōnēs* like-*nēd* *mê* the-*yām* *nōtēn* in-*ʾōṣārôt* *təhômôt*", "grammar": { "*Kōnēs*": "qal participle, masculine singular - gathering/heaping up", "*ka-nēd*": "masculine singular noun with preposition *kə-* (like/as) - heap/dam/wall", "*mê*": "masculine plural construct noun - waters of", "*ha-yām*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the sea", "*nōtēn*": "qal participle, masculine singular - placing/putting", "*bə-ʾōṣārôt*": "masculine plural noun with preposition *bə-* (in) - storehouses/treasuries", "*təhômôt*": "feminine plural noun - deep places/depths/abysses" }, "variants": { "*Kōnēs*": "gathering/heaping up/collecting", "*nēd*": "heap/pile/wall/dam", "*mê*": "waters of", "*yām*": "sea/ocean", "*nōtēn*": "placing/putting/setting", "*ʾōṣārôt*": "storehouses/treasuries/storerooms", "*təhômôt*": "deep places/depths/abysses/primeval waters" } }
• Ps 104:8-9 : 8 { "verseID": "Psalms.104.8", "source": "יַעֲל֣וּ הָ֭רִים יֵרְד֣וּ בְקָע֑וֹת אֶל־מְ֝ק֗וֹם זֶ֤ה ׀ יָסַ֬דְתָּ לָהֶֽם׃", "text": "*yaʿalû* *hārîm* *yērĕdû* *bĕqāʿôt* *ʾel*-*mĕqôm* *zeh* *yāsadtā* *lāhem*", "grammar": { "*yaʿalû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - they go up", "*hārîm*": "definite article + noun, masculine plural - the mountains", "*yērĕdû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - they go down", "*bĕqāʿôt*": "noun, feminine plural - valleys", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to, toward", "*mĕqôm*": "noun, masculine singular construct - place of", "*zeh*": "demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this", "*yāsadtā*": "verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you established", "*lāhem*": "preposition *lě* + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - for them" }, "variants": { "*yaʿalû*": "go up, ascend, climb", "*hārîm*": "mountains, hills", "*yērĕdû*": "go down, descend", "*bĕqāʿôt*": "valleys, plains, low places", "*mĕqôm*": "place, site, spot, location", "*yāsadtā*": "established, founded, appointed, set" } } 9 { "verseID": "Psalms.104.9", "source": "גְּֽבוּל־שַׂ֭מְתָּ בַּל־יֽ͏ַעֲבֹר֑וּן בַּל־יְ֝שׁוּב֗וּן לְכַסּ֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃", "text": "*gĕbûl*-*śamtā* *bal*-*yaʿabōrûn* *bal*-*yĕshûbûn* *lĕkassôt* *hāʾāreṣ*", "grammar": { "*gĕbûl*": "noun, masculine singular - boundary, border", "*śamtā*": "verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you set", "*bal*": "negative particle - not", "*yaʿabōrûn*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person plural with paragogic nun - they pass over", "*bal*": "negative particle - not", "*yĕshûbûn*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person plural with paragogic nun - they return", "*lĕkassôt*": "preposition *lě* + verb, piel infinitive construct - to cover", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth" }, "variants": { "*gĕbûl*": "boundary, border, limit, territory", "*śamtā*": "set, placed, established, appointed", "*yaʿabōrûn*": "pass over, cross, transgress", "*yĕshûbûn*": "return, turn back, come back", "*lĕkassôt*": "to cover, to hide, to conceal", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "the earth, the land, the ground" } }
• Job 38:10 : 10 { "verseID": "Job.38.10", "source": "וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣ר עָלָ֣יו חֻקִּ֑י וָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗ים בְּרִ֣יחַ וּדְלָתָֽיִם׃", "text": "And-*ʾešbōr* upon-him *ḥuqqî* and-*ʾāśîm* *bĕrîaḥ* and-*dĕlātāyim*.", "grammar": { "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*ʾešbōr*": "qal imperfect, 1st singular with waw consecutive - I decreed/broke", "*ʿālāyw*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon him/over it", "*ḥuqqî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st singular suffix - my decree/boundary", "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*ʾāśîm*": "qal imperfect, 1st singular with waw consecutive - I set/placed", "*bĕrîaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - bar/bolt", "*û*": "conjunction - and", "*dĕlātāyim*": "noun, feminine dual - doors/gates" }, "variants": { "*ʾešbōr*": "I decreed/I broke/I established", "*ḥuqqî*": "my decree/my boundary/my limit", "*ʾāśîm*": "I set/I placed/I established", "*bĕrîaḥ*": "bar/bolt/barrier" } }