Job 38:8

God's Word

“Who shut the sea behind gates when it burst through and came out of the womb,

Cross References

Genesis 1:7

So God made the horizon and separated the water above and below the horizon. And so it was.

Genesis 1:9

Then God said, “Let the water under the sky come together in one area, and let the dry land appear.” And so it was.

Job 28:25

When he gave the wind its force and measured the water ⌞in the sea⌟,

Job 38:10

when I set a limit for it and put up bars and gates,

Job 38:9

when I clothed it with clouds and wrapped it up in dark clouds,

Psalm 104:6

You covered the earth with an ocean as though it were a robe. Water stood above the mountains

Psalm 107:24

have seen what the Lord can do, the miracles he performed in the depths of the sea.

Psalm 33:7

He gathers the water in the sea like a dam and puts the oceans in his storehouses.

Proverbs 30:4

“Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in the palm of his hand? Who has wrapped water in a garment? Who has set up the earth from one end to the other? What is his name or the name of his son? Certainly, you must know!

Proverbs 8:29

when he set a limit for the sea so the waters would not overstep his command, when he traced the foundations of the earth,

Isaiah 40:12

Who has measured the water of the sea  with the palm of his hand or measured the sky with the length of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a bushel basket or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills on a balance?

Jeremiah 5:22

Don’t you fear me?” asks the Lord. “Don’t you tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it cannot cross. Although the waves toss continuously, they can’t break through. Although they roar, they can’t cross it.