Job 38:8

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Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

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In other translations

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

Hebrew words

וַיָּסֶךְvaiyasekhand he shut offH5526בִּדְלָתַיִםbidlatayimwith doorsH1817יָםyam[the] seaH3220בְּגִיחוֹbegichowhen burst forth itH1518מֵרֶחֶםmerechemfrom [the] wombH7358יֵצֵא׃yetze'it came forthH3318

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Job 38:10
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,

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