Job 38:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?”
Job 38:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 38:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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Job 38:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,”
Job 38:8 — World English Bible
Job 38:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“ Orwho shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb; ”
Job 38:8 — American Standard Version
Job 38:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.”
Job 38:8 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 38:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb? ”
Job 38:8 — Darby Translation
Job 38:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Or who hath shut vp the Sea with doores, when it yssued and came foorth as out of the wombe:”
Job 38:8 — Geneva Bible
Job 38:8 in Context — Job 38
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
What Does Job 38:8 Mean?
Job 38:8 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 38. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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