So God made the expanse and it separated the water that was below the expanse from the water that was over the expanse. And it happened so.
Job 38:8 - Tree of Life Version “And who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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: |
So God made the expanse and it separated the water that was below the expanse from the water that was over the expanse. And it happened so.
Then God said, “Let the water below the sky be gathered to one place. Let the dry ground appear.” And it happened so.
when I made a cloud its garment and thick darkness its swaddling cloth,
You covered it with the deep as with a garment—the waters standing above the mountains.
He gathers the waters of the sea together in a heap. He lays up deep waters in storehouses.
Who has gone up into heaven, and come down? Who has gathered the wind in the palm of His hand? Who has wrapped the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name and what is the name of His son—if you know?”
when He set the boundaries for the sea, so that the waters never transgress His command, when He laid out earth’s foundations—
Who has measured the waters in the palm of His hand, or measured out heaven with a span, or calculated the dust of the earth in a measure, or weighed the mountains in scales, or the hills in a balance?
Do you not fear Me?’ says Adonai. ‘Do you not tremble in My presence?’ For I made the sand a boundary of the sea, an everlasting decree that cannot be broken. Though the waves roll, they cannot prevail. Though they roar, they cannot cross it.