“ Who created the ocean? Who caused it to be born?

“海水冲出，如出胎胞，那时谁将它关闭呢？

“当海水冲出，如出母胎，谁用门将它关闭呢？

“当海水冲出，如出母胎，谁用门将它关闭呢？

“大海从母胎奔腾而出时，谁为它划定界限？

海水冲出如婴孩出母胎，那时谁用门把海水关闭呢？

海水衝出，如出胎胞，那時誰將它關閉呢？

「當海水衝出，如出母胎，誰用門將它關閉呢？

「當海水衝出，如出母胎，誰用門將它關閉呢？

「大海從母胎奔騰而出時，誰為它劃定界限？

海水沖出如嬰孩出母胎，那時誰用門把海水關閉呢？

『大海衝出，從胎裏出來時，誰早設門戶將海閉住呢？

海水洶湧、若出於胎、誰設門以閉之、

海水初生、孰堤防之、若閉其門、

海水初生、如子出胎、其時我禁遏之、猶如閉門、

“ Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

“ Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb,

“ Who kept the sea inside its boundaries as it burst from the womb,

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

“ Or who enclosed the sea with doors When it went out from the womb, bursting forth;

“ Or who shut in the sea with doors, When it burst forth and issued from the womb;

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

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

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

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

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

God said,“ Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place. Let dry ground appear.” And that’s exactly what happened.

Shouldn’t you have respect for me?’ announces the Lord.‘ Shouldn’t you tremble with fear in front of me? I made the sand to hold the ocean back. It will do that forever. The ocean can’t go past it. The waves might roll, but they can’t sweep over it. They might roar, but they can’t go across it.

It was when he set limits for the sea so that the waters had to obey his command. When the Lord marked out the foundations of the earth, I was there.

They flowed down the mountains. They went into the valleys. They went to the place you appointed for them.You drew a line they can’t cross. They will never cover the earth again.

He gathers together the waters of the sea. He puts the oceans in their places.

I set limits for it. I put its doors and metal bars in place.