Job 38:18
Do you know how far the earth extends? Tell me if you know all this!
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
In Context
17Have you been shown where the gates of death are? Have you seen the gates of utter darkness?
19In which direction does light live? Where does darkness dwell?
Cross References
Job 28:24For he looks to the very end of the earth; he sees everything under heaven.
Psalms 89:11The heavens belong to you, and the earth too; you made the world and everything in it.
Jeremiah 31:37This is what the Lord says: Only if the heavens above could be measured, and the foundations of the earth below could be investigated, would I reject all of Israel's descendants because of everything they've done, declares the Lord.
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 →