Job 38:8-11

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Who enclosed the sea behind doors
when it burst from the womb,

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when I made the clouds its garment
and thick darkness its blanket,^(a)^(A)

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when I determined its boundaries^(b)
and put its bars and doors in place,

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when I declared: “You may come this far, but no farther;
your proud waves stop here”?

a. Job 38:9: Lit swaddling clothes

b. Job 38:10: Lit I broke My statute on it

A. Job 38:9: Job 22:13; Job 37:11