Job 38:13
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?
Darby Translation
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
12Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,
14It is changed like the signet-clay; and [all things] stand forth as in a garment:
Cross References
Exodus 14:27And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength toward the morning; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overturned the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.
Job 24:17For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.
Psalms 19:4Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their language to the extremity of the world. In them hath he set a tent for the sun,
Psalms 104:21The young lions roar after the prey, and to seek their food from God.
Psalms 139:9[If] I take the wings of the dawn [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
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 →