Job 38:8
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Or [who] enclosed 
 
5480b: to hedge or fence about, shut ina prim. root
the seaיָ֑ם
(yam;)
3220: seaof uncertain derivation
with doorsבִּדְלָתַ֣יִם
(bid·la·ta·yim)
1817: a doorfrom dalah
When, bursting forth,בְּ֝גִיחֹ֗ו
(be·gi·chov)
1518: to burst fortha prim. root
it wentיֵצֵֽא׃
(ye·tze.)
3318: to go or come outa prim. root
out from the womb;מֵרֶ֥חֶם
(me·re·chem)
7358: wombfrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
Or who shut up
cakak  (saw-kak')
to entwine as a screen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect -- cover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.
the sea
yam  (yawm)
from an unused root meaning to roar -- sea (-faring man, (-shore), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
with doors
deleth  (deh'-leth)
something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door -- door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (In Psa. 141:3, dal, irreg.).
when it brake forth
giyach  (ghee'-akh)
to gush forth (as water), generally to issue -- break forth, labor to bring forth, come forth, draw up, take out.
as if it had issued out
yatsa'  (yaw-tsaw')
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
of the womb
rechem  (rekh'-em)
the womb -- matrix, womb.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst from the womb,

International Standard Version
"Who enclosed the sea with limits when it gushed out of the womb,

NET Bible
"Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Who shut the sea behind gates when it burst through and came out of the womb,

King James 2000 Bible
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
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