Job 38:8
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 38
“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?”Job 38:8
What Does Job 38:8 Mean?
Job 38:8 is found in the book of Job, chapter 38, verse 8 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Job 38:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 89:9“Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.”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 26:10“He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.”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:”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?”Psalms 104:8“They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.”Psalms 24:2“For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.”Psalms 33:7“He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.”Proverbs 3:20“By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.”Luke 8:25“And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.”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.”1 Kings 17:4“And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.”Job 38:10“And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,”Job 38:28“Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?”Psalms 29:10“The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.”Psalms 146:6“Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:”Genesis 7:11“In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.”Job 11:10“If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?”Job 38:29“Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?”Psalms 65:7“Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.”
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