Job 38:12
Have thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [and] caused the dayspring to know its place
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
In Context
11and said, This far thou shall come, but no further, and here thy proud waves shall be stayed?
13that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?
Cross References
Job 8:9(for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow).
Job 24:16In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light.
Job 38:21Thou know, for thou were born then, and the number of thy days is great!
Psalms 136:7to him who made great lights, for his loving kindness [is] forever,
Luke 1:78because of the bowels of mercy of our God, by which the dayspring from on high came to help us,
Matthew Henry on Job 38:5-12
The Creation of the World. ( b. c. 1520.) 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 9 When I made the… Read the whole commentary →