Job 38:8
Strong's Lexicon
Who enclosed
וַיָּ֣סֶךְ (way·yā·seḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5526: 1) (Qal) to hedge, fence about, shut in 2) to block, overshadow, screen, stop the approach, shut off, cover 2a) (Qal) 2a1) to screen, cover 2a2) to cover oneself 2a3) protector (participle) 2b) (Hiphil) 2b1) to screen, cover 2b2) to cover, defecate (euphemism) 3) (Qal) to cover, lay over 4) to weave together 4a) (Qal) to weave together 4b) (Pilpel) to weave, weave together

the sea
יָ֑ם (yām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3220: 1) sea 1a) Mediterranean Sea 1b) Red Sea 1c) Dead Sea 1d) Sea of Galilee 1e) sea (general) 1f) mighty river (Nile) 1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court) 1h) seaward, west, westward

behind doors
בִּדְלָתַ֣יִם (biḏ·lā·ṯa·yim)
Preposition-b | Noun - fd
Strong's Hebrew 1817: 1) door, gate 1a) a door 1b) a gate 1c) (fig.) 1c1) of chest lid 1c2) of crocodile jaws 1c3) of doors of the heavens 1c4) of an easily-accessible woman

when it burst forth
בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ (bə·ḡî·ḥōw)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1518: 1) to burst forth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to burst forth 1a2) to draw forth 1a3) to bring forth 1b) (Hiphil) to break forth

from the womb
מֵרֶ֥חֶם (mê·re·ḥem)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7358: 1) womb 1a) womb 1b) womb-man, woman-slave, woman, two women

יֵצֵֽא׃ (yê·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: 1) to go out, come out, exit, go forth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come out or forth, depart 1a2) to go forth (to a place) 1a3) to go forward, proceed to (to or toward something) 1a4) to come or go forth (with purpose or for result) 1a5) to come out of 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out 1b2) to bring out of 1b3) to lead out 1b4) to deliver 1c) (Hophal) to be brought out or forth

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

Young's Literal Translation
And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Who enclosed the sea behind  doors when it burst from  the womb,

New American Standard Bible
"Or [who] enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;

King James Bible
Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

New Living Translation
"Who kept the sea inside its boundaries as it burst from the womb,

English Standard Version
“Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb,

New American Standard Bible
"Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst from the womb,

International Standard Version
"Who enclosed the sea with limits when it gushed out of the womb,

NET Bible
"Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb,

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.
















Cross References
Genesis 1:7
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Job 28:25
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

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

Psalm 104:6
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

Proverbs 8:29
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

Proverbs 30:4
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

Isaiah 40:12
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Jeremiah 5:22
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 38:7
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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