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?
KJV
“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?
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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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
Job 10:3Is 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 27:2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; vexed: Heb. made my soul bitter
Job 34:5For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
Job 34:6Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. my wound: Heb. mine arrow
Job 34:17Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? govern: Heb. bind?
Job 34:18Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
Job 35:2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
Job 40:8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Mark 3:5And 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 10:29But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
Ephesians 4:26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
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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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