Job 38:8 | JFB | STEP | 8. doors-- floodgates; these when opened caused the flood ( ); or else, the shores. womb-- of chaos. The bowels of the earth. Image from childbirth ( , ; ; ). Ocean at its birth was wrapped in clouds as its swaddling bands.

‏ Job 38:8

8. doors--floodgates; these when opened caused the flood (Ge 8:2); or else, the shores.

womb--of chaos. The bowels of the earth. Image from childbirth (Job 38:8, 9; Eze 32:2; Mi 4:10). Ocean at its birth was wrapped in clouds as its swaddling bands.