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Job 38:8–9

“Who shut up the sea behind doorsl

when it burst forth from the womb,m

when I made the clouds its garment

and wrapped it in thick darkness,n

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Job 38:8–9 — English Standard Version (ESV)

“Or who shut in the sea with doors

when it burst out from the womb,

when I made clouds its garment

and thick darkness its swaddling band,

Job 38:8–9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Or who shut up the sea with doors,

When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

When I made the cloud the garment thereof,

And thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

Job 38:8–9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“Who kept the sea inside its boundaries

as it burst from the womb,

and as I clothed it with clouds

and wrapped it in thick darkness?

Job 38:8–9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

“Or who shut in the sea with doors,

When it burst forth and issued from the womb;

When I made the clouds its garment,

And thick darkness its swaddling band;

Job 38:8–9 — New Century Version (NCV)

“Who shut the doors to keep the sea in

when it broke through and was born,

when I made the clouds like a coat for the sea

and wrapped it in dark clouds,

Job 38:8–9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Or who shut up the sea with doors,

When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb;

When I made clouds the garment thereof,

And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

Job 38:8–9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb? When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;

Job 38:8–9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

“Who shut the sea behind gates 

when it burst through and came out of the womb, 

when I clothed it with clouds 

and wrapped it up in dark clouds, 

Job 38:8–9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Who enclosed the sea behind doors

when it burst from the womb,

when I made the clouds its garment

and thick darkness its blanket,

Job 38:8–9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

“Or who shut in the sea with doors

when it burst out from the womb?—

when I made the clouds its garment,

and thick darkness its swaddling band,

Job 38:8–9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

“Or who shut the sea in with doors

at its bursting, when it went out of the womb,

at my making the clouds its garment

and thick darkness its swaddling band,

Job 38:8–9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

“Who created the ocean?

Who caused it to be born?

I put clouds over it as if they were its clothes.

I wrapped it in thick darkness.

Job 38:8–9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“Or who enclosed the sea with doors

When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;

When I made a cloud its garment

And thick darkness its swaddling band,


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