Job 38:12
During your lifetime, have you ever ordered the morning to begin?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
In Context
11I said, ‘You may come here, but no farther. Here is where your proud waves stop.’
Cross References
Job 8:9Our days on earth fade as quickly as a passing shadow.
Job 24:16Thieves break into houses during the night and they sleep during the day. They don't even know what the light is like!
Job 38:21Of course you know, because you were already born then! You've lived so long!
Psalms 136:7To him who made the lights above. For his trustworthy love lasts forever.
Luke 1:78Through God's caring kindness to us, heaven's dawn will break upon 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 →