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Job 38:8–13

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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,
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
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From verse 8

  1. Genesis 1:9Rank 1 from verse 8
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    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.

  2. Jeremiah 5:22Rank 2 from verse 8
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    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?

  3. Proverbs 8:29Rank 3 from verse 8
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    29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

  4. Psalms 104:8–9Rank 4 from verse 8
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    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.

  5. Psalms 33:7Rank 5 from verse 8
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    7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

From verse 9

  1. Genesis 1:2Rank 1 from verse 9
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    2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

From verse 10

  1. Jeremiah 5:22Rank 1 from verse 10
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    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?

  2. Psalms 104:9Rank 2 from verse 10
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    9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

  3. Job 26:10Rank 3 from verse 10
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    10He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

  4. Psalms 33:7Rank 4 from verse 10
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    7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

  5. Genesis 1:9–10Rank 5 from verse 10
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    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.

From verse 11

  1. Psalms 89:9Rank 1 from verse 11
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    9Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

  2. Proverbs 8:29Rank 2 from verse 11
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    29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

  3. Mark 4:39–41Rank 3 from verse 11
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    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?

  4. Psalms 65:6–7Rank 4 from verse 11
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    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.

  5. Luke 8:32–33Rank 5 from verse 11
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    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.

From verse 12

  1. Psalms 74:16Rank 1 from verse 12
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    16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

  2. Genesis 1:5Rank 2 from verse 12
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    5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

  3. Psalms 148:3–5Rank 3 from verse 12
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    3Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

    4Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.

    5Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.

  4. Job 8:9Rank 4 from verse 12
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    9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

  5. 2 Peter 1:19Rank 5 from verse 12
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    19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

From verse 13

  1. Job 37:3Rank 1 from verse 13
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    3He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

  2. Psalms 104:35Rank 2 from verse 13
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    35Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise ye the Lord.

  3. Exodus 14:27Rank 3 from verse 13
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    27And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

  4. Job 24:13–17Rank 4 from verse 13
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    13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

    14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

    15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

    16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

    17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

  5. Psalms 104:21–22Rank 5 from verse 13
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    21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

    22The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Job 38:8

COMBINED MEANING

shut

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To close, fasten, block, confine, stop, exclude, or make inaccessible.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sea

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

forth

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

issued

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of issue, meaning to come or flow forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

womb

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 38:9

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

cloud

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Sense 1: A visible mass of vapour in the sky. Sense 2: Figuratively, a covering or multitude.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

garment

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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

COMBINED MEANING

thick

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Sense 1: Dense, deep, close, crowded, or not thin. Sense 2: To a great depth or in close succession.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

darkness

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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

swaddlingband

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1. A cloth band wrapped closely around an infant. 2. By comparison, a surrounding restraint or boundary.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 38:10

COMBINED MEANING

for

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

decreed

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Determined judicially; resolved; appointed; established in purpose.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

place

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

set

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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

COMBINED MEANING

bars

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 38:11

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

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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

COMBINED MEANING

further

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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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

COMBINED MEANING

waves

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Sense 1: Moving ridges or swells of water. Sense 2: Figuratively, overwhelming troubles or forces.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

stayed

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 38:12

COMBINED MEANING

hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

morning

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Sense 1: The beginning or early part of the day, including hours before daylight. Sense 2: The dawn or a beginning compared with dawn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

caused

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of cause, meaning to make something happen.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

place

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 38:13

COMBINED MEANING

might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

hold

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Sense 1: To grasp, seize, cling to, carry, wield, support, or keep fast, literally or figuratively. Sense 2: To keep, retain, possess, maintain, continue in, or adhere to. Sense 3: To restrain, confine, or keep back; to contain or have capacity. Sense 4: To regard, account, or judge. Sense 5: To conduct or celebrate an observance. Sense 6: To endure, prevail, or take effect. Sense 7: In hold one's peace or hold one's tongue, to remain silent. Sense 8: As a noun, a grasp or attachment; a place of confinement, refuge, security, or fortification.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ends

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Sense 1: Extremities, boundaries, conclusions, purposes, or results. Sense 2: Ceases or brings to a close.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shaken

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Past-tense or past-participial form of shake (to move violently, disturb, unsettle, or make unstable).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

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9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

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10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

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11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

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12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

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13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

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14It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

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