Verse 8
Job 38:8
New Living Translation
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“Who kept the sea inside its boundaries<br>as it burst from the womb,<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּ֣סֶךְ בִּ/דְלָתַ֣יִם יָ֑ם בְּ֝/גִיח֗/וֹ מֵ/רֶ֥חֶם יֵצֵֽא
English Translation
And he will cover with two doors, a sea, with his coming out from the womb.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 38 Context
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Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
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“Who is this that questions my wisdom<br>with such ignorant words?<br>
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Brace yourself like a man,<br>because I have some questions for you,<br>and you must answer them.<br...
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“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?<br>Tell me, if you know so much.<br>
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Who determined its dimensions<br>and stretched out the surveying line?<br>
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What supports its foundations,<br>and who laid its cornerstone<br>
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as the morning stars sang together<br>and all the angels shouted for joy?<br>
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“Who kept the sea inside its boundaries<br>as it burst from the womb,<br>
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and as I clothed it with clouds<br>and wrapped it in thick darkness?<br>
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For I locked it behind barred gates,<br>limiting its shores.<br>
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I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come.<br>Here your proud waves must stop!’<br>
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“Have you ever commanded the morning to appear<br>and caused the dawn to rise in the east?<br>
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Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth,<br>to bring an end to the night’s wickedness...
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As the light approaches,<br>the earth takes shape like clay pressed beneath a seal;<br>it is robed i...
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The light disturbs the wicked<br>and stops the arm that is raised in violence.<br>
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“Have you explored the springs from which the seas come?<br>Have you explored their depths?<br>
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Do you know where the gates of death are located?<br>Have you seen the gates of utter gloom?<br>
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Do you realize the extent of the earth?<br>Tell me about it if you know!<br>
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“Where does light come from,<br>and where does darkness go?<br>
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Can you take each to its home?<br>Do you know how to get there?<br>
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But of course you know all this!<br>For you were born before it was all created,<br>and you are so v...
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“Have you visited the storehouses of the snow<br>or seen the storehouses of hail?<br>
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(I have reserved them as weapons for the time of trouble,<br>for the day of battle and war.)<br>
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Where is the path to the source of light?<br>Where is the home of the east wind?<br>
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“Who created a channel for the torrents of rain?<br>Who laid out the path for the lightning?<br>
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Who makes the rain fall on barren land,<br>in a desert where no one lives?<br>
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Who sends rain to satisfy the parched ground<br>and make the tender grass spring up?<br>
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“Does the rain have a father?<br>Who gives birth to the dew?<br>
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Who is the mother of the ice?<br>Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens?<br>
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For the water turns to ice as hard as rock,<br>and the surface of the water freezes.<br>
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“Can you direct the movement of the stars —<br>binding the cluster of the Pleiades<br>or loosening t...
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Can you direct the constellations through the seasons<br>or guide the Bear with her cubs across the...
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Do you know the laws of the universe?<br>Can you use them to regulate the earth?<br>
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“Can you shout to the clouds<br>and make it rain?<br>
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Can you make lightning appear<br>and cause it to strike as you direct?<br>
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Who gives intuition to the heart<br>and instinct to the mind?<br>
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Who is wise enough to count all the clouds?<br>Who can tilt the water jars of heaven<br>
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when the parched ground is dry<br>and the soil has hardened into clods?<br>
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“Can you stalk prey for a lioness<br>and satisfy the young lions’ appetites<br>
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as they lie in their dens<br>or crouch in the thicket?<br>
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Who provides food for the ravens<br>when their young cry out to God (Elohim)<br>and wander about in...
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