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Berean Standard Bible

“Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,”

Job 38:8

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Out of the whirlwind, God finally speaks to Job, not with explanations but with questions about creation. He begins to ask about the boundaries of the sea.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

World English Bible (WEB)

“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,

King James Version (KJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

¿Quién encerró con puertas la mar, cuando se derramaba por fuera como saliendo de madre;

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

»¿Quién decretó las fronteras de los mares cuando ellos surgieron potentes desde lo profundo? ¿Quién los vistió de nubes y densas tinieblas,

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