Job 38:12

Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place?

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

In Context

11And I said : Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves.

13And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it?

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Cross References

Job 8:9(For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow:)

Job 24:16He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.

Job 38:21Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born ? and didst thou know the number of thy days?

Psalms 136:7He bringeth up clouds from the end of the earth: he hath made lightnings for the rain. He bringeth forth winds out of his stores:

Luke 1:78Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited 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 →

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