Job

Job 38:8–11

⁸Who enclosed the sea behind doors

when it burst forth from the womb,

⁹when I made the clouds its garment

and thick darkness its blanket,

¹⁰when I fixed its boundaries

and set in place its bars and doors,

¹¹and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther;

here your proud waves must stop’?

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Who enclosed	וַיָּ֣סֶךְ	way·yā·seḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5526 overshadow, screen, cover
the sea	יָ֑ם	yām	Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea
behind doors	בִּדְלָתַ֣יִם	biḏ·lā·ṯa·yim	Preposition-b; Noun - fd	H1817 door
when it burst forth	בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ	bə·ḡî·ḥōw	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H1518 burst forth
from the womb	מֵרֶ֥חֶם	mê·re·ḥem	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H7358 womb

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
when I made	בְּשׂוּמִ֣י	bə·śū·mî	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H7760 put, place, set
the clouds	עָנָ֣ן	‘ā·nān	Noun - masculine singular	H6051 cloud-mass, cloud
its garment	לְבֻשׁ֑וֹ	lə·ḇu·šōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3830 garment, clothing, raiment
and thick darkness	וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל	wa·‘ă·rā·p̄el	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H6205 cloud, heavy cloud
its blanket	חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃	ḥă·ṯul·lā·ṯōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2854 swaddling-band

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
when I fixed	וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣ר	wā·’eš·bōr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H7665 break, break in pieces
its boundaries	חֻקִּ֑י	ḥuq·qî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H2706 something prescribed, a statute or due
and set in place	וָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗ים	wā·’ā·śîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H7760 put, place, set
its bars	בְּרִ֣יחַ	bə·rî·aḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H1280 bar
and doors	וּדְלָתָֽיִם׃	ū·ḏə·lā·ṯā·yim	Conjunctive waw; Noun - fd	H1817 door

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and I declared	וָאֹמַ֗ר	wā·’ō·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
You may come	תָ֭בוֹא	ṯā·ḇō·w	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
this far	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
but no	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
farther	תֹסִ֑יף	ṯō·sîp̄	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3254 add
here	וּפֹ֥א־	ū·p̄ō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H6311 here, hither
your proud	בִּגְא֥וֹן	biḡ·’ō·wn	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1347 exaltation
waves	גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃	gal·le·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H1530 heap, wave, billow
must stop	יָ֝שִׁ֗ית	yā·šîṯ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7896 put, set

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 38:8 Genesis 1:9 · Jeremiah 5:22 · Proverbs 8:29 · Psalm 104:8–9 · Psalm 33:7 · Job 38:10

Job 38:10 Psalm 104:9 · Jeremiah 5:22 · Psalm 33:7 · Job 26:10 · Genesis 9:15 · Genesis 1:9–10

Job 38:11 Psalm 89:9 · Proverbs 8:29 · Psalm 65:6–7 · Mark 4:39–41 · Luke 8:32–33 · Psalm 93:3–4 · Job 2:6 · Isaiah 27:8 · Job 1:22 · Psalm 76:10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.