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,

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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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