Job 38:20

That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths of the house thereof.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

In Context

19Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness :

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

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Cross References

Genesis 10:19And the limits of Chanaan were from Sidon as one comes to Gerara even to Gaza, until thou enter Sodom and Gomorrha, and Adama, and Seboim even to Lesa.

Job 26:10He hath set bounds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end.

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 →

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