Holy Scripture
Job 38:8
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“Who shut up the sea with doors, when it was breaking forth, as if proceeding from the womb? ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION For what do we understand by the 'sea,' but the world, and what by the 'womb,' but the corruption of carnal thoughts? For in this place by the word 'womb' is designated the secret and evil thought of…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
8And I shut up the sea with gates, When it rushed out, coming forth out of its mother’s womb.
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6On what are its rings fastened? And who is he that laid the cornerstone upon it?
7When the stars were made, All my angels praised me with a loud voice.
— Job 38:8 —
9And I made a cloud its clothing, And swathed it in mist.
10And I set bounds to it, Surrounding it with bars and gates.