Job 38:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 38:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 38:8 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 38:8 — KJV
“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?”
— Job 38:8 (KJV)
Job 38:8 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 38:8
“Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.”
Shares key themes with Job 38:8: shut, doors, forth
“Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. not...: or, not beget?”
Shares key themes with Job 38:8: shut, forth, womb
“And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.”
Shares key themes with Job 38:8: shut, doors, forth
“Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.”
Shares key themes with Job 38:8: shut, doors, womb
“But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.”
Shares key themes with Job 38:8: shut, forth
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