Job 38:8-11
New King James Version
8 “Or(A) who shut in the sea with doors,
When it burst forth and issued from the womb;
9 When I made the clouds its garment,
And thick darkness its swaddling band;
10 When (B)I fixed My limit for it,
And set bars and doors;
11 When I said,
‘This far you may come, but no farther,
And here your proud waves (C)must stop!’
Job 38:8-11
New International Version
8 “Who shut up the sea behind doors(A)
when it burst forth from the womb,(B)
9 when I made the clouds its garment
and wrapped it in thick darkness,(C)
10 when I fixed limits for it(D)
and set its doors and bars in place,(E)
11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;(F)
here is where your proud waves halt’?(G)
Job 38:8-11
King James Version
8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
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Job 38:8-11
English Standard Version
8 “Or who (A)shut in the sea with doors
when it burst out from the womb,
9 when I made clouds its garment
and (B)thick darkness its swaddling band,
10 and prescribed (C)limits for it
and set bars and doors,
11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
and here shall your (D)proud waves be stayed’?
Proverbs 8:27-29
New King James Version
27 When He prepared the heavens, I was there,
When He drew a circle on the face of the deep,
28 When He established the clouds above,
When He strengthened the fountains of the deep,
29 (A)When He assigned to the sea its limit,
So that the waters would not transgress His command,
When (B)He marked out the foundations of the earth,
Proverbs 8:27-29
New International Version
27 I was there when he set the heavens in place,(A)
when he marked out the horizon(B) on the face of the deep,
28 when he established the clouds above(C)
and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,(D)
29 when he gave the sea its boundary(E)
so the waters would not overstep his command,(F)
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.(G)
Proverbs 8:27-29
King James Version
27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
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:
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Proverbs 8:27-29
English Standard Version
27 When he (A)established the heavens, I was there;
when he drew (B)a circle on the face of the deep,
28 when he (C)made firm the skies above,
when he established[a] the fountains of the deep,
29 when he (D)assigned to the sea its (E)limit,
so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out (F)the foundations of the earth,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:28 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
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