Job 38:8

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 1:9 : 9 God said,“Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear.” It was so.
  • Jer 5:22 : 22 “You should fear me!” says the LORD.“You should tremble in awe before me! I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it can never cross. Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail. They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary.”
  • Prov 8:29 : 29 when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
  • Ps 33:7 : 7 He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses.
  • Ps 104:8-9 : 8 as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down– to the place you appointed for them. 9 You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.
  • Job 38:10 : 10 when I prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors,

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  • Job 38:9-13
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    9when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,

    10when I prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors,

    11when I said,‘To here you may come and no farther, here your proud waves will be confined’?

    12Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place,

    13that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

  • Job 38:7
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    7when the morning stars sang in chorus, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

  • Job 38:16-18
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    16Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep?

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

    18Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all!

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

    28when he established the clouds above, when he secured the fountains of the deep,

    29when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, 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 has fathered the drops of the dew?

    29From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, who gives birth to it,

    30when the waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?

  • Job 9:7-8
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    7he who commands the sun and it does not shine and seals up the stars;

    8he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;

  • Job 38:24-25
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    24In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth?

    25Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains, and a path for the rumble of thunder,

  • Job 3:10
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    10because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!

  • Job 38:37-38
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    37Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven,

    38when the dust hardens into a mass, and the clumps of earth stick together?

  • Job 38:4-5
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    4God’s questions to Job“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!

    5Who set its measurements– if you know– or who stretched a measuring line across it?

  • 2 Sam 22:16
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    16The depths of the sea were exposed; the inner regions of the world were uncovered by the LORD’s battle cry, by the powerful breath from his nose.

  • Exod 15:8
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    8By the blast of your nostrils the waters were piled up, the flowing water stood upright like a heap, and the deep waters were solidified in the heart of the sea.

  • Job 38:33-34
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    33Do you know the laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over the earth?

    34Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

  • Prov 8:24
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    24When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water;

  • Ps 33:7
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    7He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses.

  • Ps 18:15
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    15The depths of the sea were exposed; the inner regions of the world were uncovered by your battle cry, LORD, by the powerful breath from your nose.

  • Job 26:12
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    12By his power he stills the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab the great sea monster to pieces.

  • Isa 51:10
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    10Did you not dry up the sea, the waters of the great deep? Did you not make a path through the depths of the sea, so those delivered from bondage could cross over?

  • Job 26:10
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    10He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness.

  • Gen 8:2
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    2The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped falling from the sky.

  • Job 7:12
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    12Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?

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    15You broke open the spring and the stream; you dried up perpetually flowing rivers.

  • Job 11:9-10
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    9Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

    10If he comes by and confines you and convenes a court, then who can prevent him?

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

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    16This is what the LORD says, the one who made a road through the sea, a pathway through the surging waters,

  • Job 28:11
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    11He has searched the sources of the rivers and what was hidden he has brought into the light.

  • Ps 65:7
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    7You calm the raging seas and their roaring waves, as well as the commotion made by the nations.

  • Job 12:14-15
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    14If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.

    15If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.

  • Ps 89:9
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    9You rule over the proud sea. When its waves surge, you calm them.

  • Jer 51:16
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    16When his voice thunders, the waters in the heavens roar. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.

  • Ps 8:8
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    8the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea and everything that moves through the currents of the seas.

  • Job 36:30
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    30See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.

  • Ps 74:13
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    13You destroyed the sea by your strength; you shattered the heads of the sea monster in the water.