Job 38:8 BSB — MannaFest

Job 38:8

Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Who shut up the sea with doors - Who gathered the waters together into one place, and fixed the sea its limits, so that it cannot overpass them to inundate the earth? When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? - This is a very fine metaphor. The sea is represented as a newly born infant issuing from the womb of the void and formless chaos; and the delicate circumstance of the liquor amnii, which bursts out previously to the birth of the foetus, alluded to.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This refers to the third day's work, when God said ( Gen. i. 9 ), Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and it was so. Out of the great deep or chaos, in which earth and water were intermixed, in obedience to the divine command the waters broke forth like a child out of the teeming womb,

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֣סֶךְ	vai.Ya.sekh	and he shut off	H5526 →
בִּדְלָתַ֣יִם	bid.la.Ta.yim	with doors	H1817 →
יָ֑ם	Yam	[the] sea	H3220 →
בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ	be.gi.Cho	when burst forth it	H1518 →
מֵרֶ֥חֶם	me.Re.chem	from [the] womb	H7358 →
יֵצֵֽא׃	ye.Tze'	it came forth	H3318 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 5:22
Do 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…
leads to
- Psalms 104:9
  You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Job 38:10–11
  when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
- Job 26:10
  He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
- Psalms 119:120
  My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
- Deuteronomy 28:58
  If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—
Through
Proverbs 8:29
when 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.
leads to
- Jeremiah 5:22
  Do 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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Genesis 1:9
And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
leads to
- 2 Peter 3:5
  But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
Through
Psalms 33:7
He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
leads to
- Genesis 1:9–10
  And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Job