Job 38:8

“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,

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WEBBE

“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,

BSB

Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

KJV

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

ASV

Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb;

BBE

Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 4–11

For the humbling of Job, God here shows him his ignorance, even concerning the earth and the sea. As we cannot find fault with God's work, so we need not fear concerning it. The works of his providence, as well as the work of creation, never can be broken; and the work of redemption is no less firm, of which Christ himself is both the Foundation and the Corner-stone. The church stands as firm as the earth.

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