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Job 38:8

38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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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“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,

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

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

38:9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

What does Job 38:8 mean?

Job 38:8 is a verse in the book of Job, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include סָכַךְ (çâkak), יָם (yâm), דֶּלֶת (deleth). It connects to 12 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Or
who
shut
upסָכַךְçâkak/saw-kak'/H5526properly, to entwine as ascreen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect
the
seaיָםyâm/yawm/H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
with
doors,דֶּלֶתdeleth/deh'-leth/H1817something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor
when
it
brake
forth,גִּיחַgîyach/ghee'-akh/H1518to gush forth (as water), generally to issue
as
if
it
had
issued
outיָצָאyâtsâʼ/yaw-tsaw'/H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
of
the
womb?רֶחֶםrechem/rekh'-em/H7358the womb

Commentary on Job 38:8

HENRY_FULL · Job 38:8
ology he made for his bold undertaking to speak to a question which had been so largely and learnedly argued by his seniors. He pleads, 1. That, though he had not the experience of an old man, yet he had the understanding of a man, ver. 6-10 . 2. That he had patiently heard all they had to say, ver. 11-13 . 3. That he had something new to offer, ver. 14-17 . 4. That his mind was full of this matter, and it would be a refreshment to him to give it vent, ver. 18-20 . 5. That he was resolved to speak impartially, ver. 21, 22 . And he did speak so well to this matter that Job made no reply to him, and God gave him no rebuke when he checked both Job himself and his other three friends. The Address of Elihu. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. 2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. 3 Also against his three friends was his w

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 22:21

Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

Job 10:3

Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? work: Heb. labour

Job 27:2

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; vexed: Heb. made my soul bitter

Job 34:5

For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

Job 34:6

Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. my wound: Heb. mine arrow

Job 34:17

Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? govern: Heb. bind?

Job 34:18

Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

Job 35:2

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

Job 40:8

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

Mark 3:5

And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. hardness: or, blindness

Luke 10:29

But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

Ephesians 4:26

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Job 38:8.

Genesis 19:6

And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

Judges 3:24

When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber. covereth: or, doeth his easement

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What does Job 38:8 say?

Job 38:8 (King James Version) reads: "Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?"

Is Job 38:8 in the Old or New Testament?

Job 38:8 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Job.

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