Job 38:8–11
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
*Or who shut vp the sea with doores, when it brake foorth as if it had issued out of the wombe?
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referencePsal. 104.9.
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thicke darknesse a swadling band for it,
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
And ‖brake vp for it my decreed place, and set barres and doores,
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, established my decree vpon it.
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and heere shall †thy proud waues be stayed.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. the pride of thy waues.
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From verse 8
- Genesis 1:9Rank 1 from verse 8
- Jeremiah 5:22Rank 2 from verse 8
22Fear 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?
22*Feare yee not mee, saith the LORD? Will yee not tremble at my presence, which haue placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetuall decree that it cannot passe it, and though the waues thereof tosse themselues, yet can they not preuaile, though they roare, yet can they not passe ouer it?
- Proverbs 8:29Rank 3 from verse 8
- Psalms 104:8–9Rank 4 from verse 8
8They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
8‖They go vp by the mountaines: they goe downe by the valleys vnto the place which thou hast founded for them.
9Thou hast set a bound that they may not passe ouer: that they turne not againe to couer the earth.
- Psalms 33:7Rank 5 from verse 8
From verse 9
- Genesis 1:2Rank 1 from verse 9
From verse 10
- Jeremiah 5:22Rank 1 from verse 10
22Fear 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?
22*Feare yee not mee, saith the LORD? Will yee not tremble at my presence, which haue placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetuall decree that it cannot passe it, and though the waues thereof tosse themselues, yet can they not preuaile, though they roare, yet can they not passe ouer it?
- Psalms 104:9Rank 2 from verse 10
- Psalms 33:7Rank 4 from verse 10
- Genesis 1:9–10Rank 5 from verse 10
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.
10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
9¶ And God said, *Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered together vnto one place, and let the dry land appeare: and it was so.
10And God called the drie land, Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called hee, Seas: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 9:15Rank 6 from verse 10
15And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
15And I will remember my couenant, which is betweene mee and you, and euery liuing creature of all flesh: and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
From verse 11
- Psalms 89:9Rank 1 from verse 11
- Proverbs 8:29Rank 2 from verse 11
- Mark 4:39–41Rank 3 from verse 11
39And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
41And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
39And hee arose, and rebuked the winde, and said vnto the sea, Peace, be still: and the winde ceased, and there was a great calme.
40And he said vnto them, Why are ye so fearefull? How is it that you haue no faith?
41And they feared exceedingly, and saide one to another, What maner of man is this, that euen the winde and the sea obey him?
- Psalms 65:6–7Rank 4 from verse 11
6Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
7Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
6Which by his strength setteth fast the mountaines; being girded with power.
7Which stilleth the noise of the seas; the noise of their waues, and the tumult of the people.
- Luke 8:32–33Rank 5 from verse 11
32And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
33Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
32And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountaine: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them: and he suffered them.
33Then went the deuils out of the man, and entred into the swine: and the herd ran violently downe a steepe place into the lake, and were choked.
- Isaiah 27:8Rank 6 from verse 11
- Psalms 93:3–4Rank 8 from verse 11
3The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
4The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
3The floods haue lifted vp, O LORD, the floods haue lifted vp their voice: the floods lift vp their waues.
4The LORD on high is mightier then the noise of many waters, yea then the mightie waues of the Sea.
- Psalms 76:10Rank 10 from verse 11
- Revelation 20:2–3Rank 11 from verse 11
2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
2And hee laid hold on the dragon that old serpent, which is the deuill and Satan, and bound him a thousand yeres,
3And cast him into the bottomlesse pit, and shut him vp, and set a seale vpon him, that he should deceiue the nations no more, till the thousand yeeres should bee fulfilled: and after that hee must be loosed a little season.
- Revelation 20:7–8Rank 12 from verse 11
7And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
7And when the thousand yeeres are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8And shall goe out to deceiue the nations which are in the foure quarters of the earth, *Gog & Magog, to gather them together to battell: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
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Job 38:8
To close, fasten, block, confine, stop, exclude, or make inaccessible.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. A great body or expanse of gathered waters, including a named sea or lake, in which ships and creatures move. 2. The large brazen or molten basin made for the temple and called a sea. 3. Something represented or compared as a sea.
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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of issue, meaning to come or flow forth.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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Sense 1: The bodily place in a female where a child is conceived and carried before birth. Sense 2: A source pictured as such a place.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 38:9
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: A visible mass of vapour in the sky. Sense 2: Figuratively, a covering or multitude.
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1. An article of clothing or covering worn or placed about the body. 2. Figuratively, something that covers or surrounds as clothing does.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Of that or those previously mentioned; of it or of them.
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Sense 1: Dense, deep, close, crowded, or not thin. Sense 2: To a great depth or in close succession.
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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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swaddlingband
1. A cloth band wrapped closely around an infant. 2. By comparison, a surrounding restraint or boundary.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 38:10
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Determined judicially; resolved; appointed; established in purpose.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.
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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Rigid rods, crosspieces, or bolts used to join, strengthen, close, or secure a structure or gate. Sense 2: Figuratively, strong barriers, bonds, or restraints.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 38:11
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Until now; up to this time, place, point, or limit.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Farther in distance; more, additional, advanced, or to a greater degree. Sense 2: To advance, promote, help forward, or carry to greater progress.
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In this place, at this point, or in the present circumstance.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Having an unduly high opinion of oneself; haughty or self-exalting.
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Sense 1: Moving ridges or swells of water. Sense 2: Figuratively, overwhelming troubles or forces.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of stay. Sense 1: Remained, waited, stopped, or delayed. Sense 2: Supported, sustained, relied, or rested upon. Sense 3: Restrained or held back.
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7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
7When the morning starres sang together, and all the sonnes of God shouted for ioy.
8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
8*Or who shut vp the sea with doores, when it brake foorth as if it had issued out of the wombe?
Selected passage9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thicke darknesse a swadling band for it,
Selected passage10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
10And ‖brake vp for it my decreed place, and set barres and doores,
Selected passage11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and heere shall †thy proud waues be stayed.
Selected passage12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
12Hast thou commaunded the morning since thy daies? and caused the day-spring to know his place,