Job 38:12

Or did I order the morning light in thy time; and did the morning star then first see his appointed place;

Brenton Septuagint

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 to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, but thy waves shall be confined within thee.

13to lay hold of the extremities of the earth, to cast out the ungodly out of it?

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Cross References

Job 8:9(for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow:)

Job 24:16In darkness he digs through houses: by day they conceal themselves securely: they know not the light.

Job 38:21I know then that thou wert born at that time, and the number of thy years is great.

Psalms 136:7Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, + 136:7 Gr. empty, empty.rase it, even to its foundations.

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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