And God made the firmament and separated the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so.
Job 38:8 - Revised Standard Version “Or who shut in the sea with doors, when it burst forth from the womb; Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Or who shut up the sea with doors when it broke forth and issued out of the womb?– American Standard Version (1901) Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb; Common English Bible Who enclosed the Sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, Catholic Public Domain Version Who enclosed the sea with doors, when it broke forth as if issuing from the womb, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb: |
And God made the firmament and separated the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so.
And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.
When he gave to the wind its weight, and meted out the waters by measure;
when I made clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,
Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle; he put the deeps in storehouses.
Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely you know!
when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?
Do you not fear me? says the Lord; Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the bound for the sea, a perpetual barrier which it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail, though they roar, they cannot pass over it.