Job 38:13
And did you hold the extremities of the earth, shaking them, and have you shaken the impious out of it?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
In Context
12Did you, after your birth, command the birth of the sun and show the sunrise its place?
14The seal will be restored like clay, and it will remain in place like a garment.
Cross References
Exodus 14:27And when Moses had extended his hand opposite the sea, it was returned, at first light, to its former place. And the fleeing Egyptians met with the waters, and the Lord immersed them in the midst of the waves.
Job 24:17If sunrise should suddenly appear, it is treated by them like the shadow of death; and they walk in darkness, as if in light.
Psalms 19:4May he be mindful of all your sacrifices, and may your burnt-offerings be fat.
Psalms 104:21He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions,
Psalms 139:9O Lord, do not hand me over to the sinner by my desire. They have plotted against me. Do not abandon me, lest they should triumph.
Matthew Henry on Job 38:13-25
Works of God. ( b. c. 1520.) 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? 14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. 15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. 16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee?… Read the whole commentary →