Job 38:19
In which direction does light live? Where does darkness dwell?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
In Context
18Do you know how far the earth extends? Tell me if you know all this!
20Can you take them home? Do you know the way to where they live?
Cross References
Genesis 1:3God said, “Let there be light!” and there was light.
Deuteronomy 4:19When you look up at the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the heavenly bodies—don't be tempted to bow down to them. Don't worship them like all the other nations on earth in the way that the Lord has allowed.
Psalms 18:11He hid himself in darkness, covering himself with black thunderclouds.
Psalms 105:28He plunged the country into darkness—for hadn't they defied what the Lord had said?
Jeremiah 13:16Honor the Lord your God before he brings the darkness, before you trip and fall in the twilight on the mountains. You long for light to come, but he sends only gloom and complete darkness.
Amos 4:13Watch! The One who made the mountains, who created the winds, who reveals his thoughts to humankind, who turns the sunlight into darkness, who walks on the high places of the earth—the Lord God of power is his name!
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 →