Job

Job 38:8–13

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’?

¹²In your days, have you commanded the morning

or assigned the dawn its place,

¹³that it might spread to the ends of the earth

and shake the wicked out of it?

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

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

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
In your days	הְֽ֭מִיָּמֶיךָ	hə·mī·yå̄·mɛ·ḵå̄	Article, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H3117 day
have you commanded	צִוִּ֣יתָ	ṣiw·wî·ṯā	Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order
the morning	בֹּ֑קֶר	bō·qer	Noun - masculine singular	H1242 morning
or assigned	יִדַּעְתָּה	yid·daʿ·tå̄h	Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H3045 know
the dawn	שַׁחַר	ša·ḥar	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7837 dawn
its place	מְקֹמֽוֹ׃	mə·qō·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4725 standing, spot, condition

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
that it might spread	לֶ֭אֱחֹז	le·’ĕ·ḥōz	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H270 grasp, take hold, take possession
to the ends	בְּכַנְפ֣וֹת	bə·ḵan·p̄ō·wṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct	H3671 wing, extremity
of the earth	הָאָ֑רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and shake	וְיִנָּעֲר֖וּ	wə·yin·nā·‘ă·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5287 shake, shake out or off
the wicked	רְשָׁעִ֣ים	rə·šå̄·ʿīm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7563 wicked, criminal
out of it	מִמֶּֽנָּה׃	mim·men·nāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not