Job 38:8
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Berean Study Bible
Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

Young's Literal Translation
And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.

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

Hebrew
Who enclosed
וַיָּ֣סֶךְ (way·yā·seḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5526: To entwine as a, screen, to fence in, cover over, protect

the sea
יָ֑ם (yām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

behind doors
בִּדְלָתַ֣יִם (biḏ·lā·ṯa·yim)
Preposition-b | Noun - fd
Strong's 1817: Something swinging, the valve of a, door

when it burst forth
בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ (bə·ḡî·ḥōw)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1518: To gush forth, to issue

from the womb,
מֵרֶ֥חֶם (mê·re·ḥem)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7358: The womb

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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