JOB 38:8 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Who was the one who confined the ocean with gates
⇔ when it burst its way out from the womb?

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἔφραξα δὲ θάλασσαν πύλαις, ὅτε ἐμαίμασσεν ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αὐγῆς ἐκπορευομένη·
(Efraxa de thalassan pulais, hote emaimassen ek koilias maʸtros augaʸs ekporeuomenaʸ; )

BrTr And I shut up the sea with gates, when it rushed out, coming forth out of its mother's womb.

ULT And who enclosed the sea with doors
⇔ in its issuing from the womb, when it came out,

UST When I made the land, the sea could have flowed over it.
⇔ Who prevented the sea from flooding the earth?

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

OEB Who shut in the sea with doors,
⇔ When it burst its way out of the womb–

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

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(1-11)And now, finally, God answered Job from the eye of a violent storm. He said:
  “Why do you confuse the issue?
  Why do you talk without knowing what you’re talking about?
Pull yourself together, Job!
  Up on your feet! Stand tall!
I have some questions for you,
  and I want some straight answers.
Where were you when I created the earth?
  Tell me, since you know so much!
Who decided on its size? Certainly you’ll know that!
  Who came up with the blueprints and measurements?
How was its foundation poured,
  and who set the cornerstone,
While the morning stars sang in chorus
  and all the angels shouted praise?
And who took charge of the ocean
  when it gushed forth like a baby from the womb?
That was me! I wrapped it in soft clouds,
  and tucked it in safely at night.
Then I made a playpen for it,
  a strong playpen so it couldn’t run loose,
And said, ‘Stay here, this is your place.
  Your wild tantrums are confined to this place.’

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

LSV And He shuts up the sea with doors,
In its coming forth, it goes out from the womb.

FBV Who laid down the boundaries of the sea when it was born?[fn]

38:8 Literally, “who shut in the sea with doors when it burst forth from the womb.”

T4T ⇔ “When the seas poured forth from inside the earth,
⇔ who prevented the water from flooding over the land?

LEB • who shut the sea in with doors at its bursting, when it went out of the womb,

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

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JPS Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, and issued out of the womb;

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

DRA Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb:

YLT And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.

Drby And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?

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

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

KJB-1769 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

KJB-1611 [fn]Or who shut vp the sea with doores, when it brake foorth as if it had issued out of the wombe?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

38:8 Psal.104.9

Bshps Who shut the sea with doores, when it brake foorth as out of the wombe?
(Who shut the sea with doors, when it brake forth as out of the womb?)

Gnva Or who hath shut vp the Sea with doores, when it yssued and came foorth as out of the wombe:
(Or who hath/has shut up the Sea with doors, when it issued and came forth as out of the womb: )

Cvdl Who shutt the see with dores, when it brake forth as a childe out off his mothers wombe?
(Who shutt the sea with doors, when it brake forth as a child out off his mothers womb?)

Wycl Who closide togidere the see with doris, whanne it brak out comynge forth as of the wombe?
(Who closide together the sea with doors, when it brak out coming forth as of the womb?)

Luth Wer hat das Meer mit seinen Türen verschlossen, da es herausbrach wie aus Mutterleibe,
(Who has the sea with his Türen verschlossen, there it herausbrach like out_of Mutterleibe,)

ClVg Quis conclusit ostiis mare, quando erumpebat quasi de vulva procedens;
(Who conclusit the_doors mare, when erumpebat as_if about womb proceeding; )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠יָּ֣סֶךְ בִּ⁠דְלָתַ֣יִם יָ֑ם

and,enclosed in/on/at/with,doors sea

Yahweh is speaking as if he had literally used doors to keep the sea from flowing onto the land. The image is that the sea is behind a wall or dam and that these doors can be opened for flood-control purposes but are ordinarily closed to contain the water. You could retain the image in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “And who held the sea back with floodgates” or “And who restrained the sea from flowing onto the land”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / youdual

בִּ⁠דְלָתַ֣יִם

in/on/at/with,doors

The term doors is in the dual, here and in verse 10, so put the term in the dual form if your language uses that form. Other languages may have other ways of expressing the meaning. Alternate translation: “with double doors”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

בְּ֝⁠גִיח֗⁠וֹ מֵ⁠רֶ֥חֶם יֵצֵֽא

in/on/at/with,burst_out,it from,womb went_out

It might seem that this expression contains extra information that would be unnatural to express in your language. If so, you can shorten it. Alternate translation: “when it came out of the womb”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ֝⁠גִיח֗⁠וֹ מֵ⁠רֶ֥חֶם יֵצֵֽא

in/on/at/with,burst_out,it from,womb went_out

Yahweh is speaking as if the sea had literally been born and come out of the womb of its mother. You could retain the image in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “when it was born” or “when I first made it a part of the creation”

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