Job 38:20

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof;

21Thou knowest it, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!

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Cross References

Genesis 10:19And the border of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha.

Job 26:10He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.

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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