Job 38:8

King James Version - American Edition

Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

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 38:10

and brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

Job 38:9

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,

Psalm 104:6

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

Psalm 107:24

these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

Psalm 33:7

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

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?

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:

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?