Job 38:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When the ocean was born, I set its boundaries

Cross References

Genesis 1:7

And that's what happened. God made the dome

Genesis 1:9

God said, “I command the water under the sky to come together in one place, so there will be dry ground.” And that's what happened.

Job 28:25

When God divided out the wind and the water,

Job 38:10

Then I built a wall around it, locked the gates,

Job 38:9

and wrapped it in blankets of thickest fog.

Psalm 104:6

You covered the earth with the ocean that rose above the mountains.

Psalm 107:24

and you saw the miracles the LORD performed there.

Psalm 33:7

He scooped up the ocean and stored the water.

Proverbs 30:4

Has anyone gone up to heaven and come back down? Has anyone grabbed hold of the wind? Has anyone wrapped up the sea or marked out boundaries for the earth? If you know of any who have done such things, then tell me their names and their children's names.

Proverbs 8:29

I was there when he set boundaries for the sea to make it obey him, and when he laid foundations to support the earth.

Isaiah 40:12

Did any of you measure the ocean by yourself or stretch out the sky with your own hands? Did you put the soil of the earth in a bucket or weigh the hills and mountains on balance scales?

Jeremiah 5:22

that you should worship me with fear and trembling? I'm the one who made the shore to hold back the ocean. Waves may crash on the beach, but they can come no further.