Job 38:13

That it might lay hold of the ends of the earth, so that the wicked might be shaken out therefrom?

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

In Context

12Didst thou ever, in all thy days, command the morning; didst thou ever assign the morning-dawn its place:

14She is changed as the sealing-clay: and [all things] stand as though newly clad.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:27And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned, when the morning appeared, to its strength; while the Egyptians were fleeing against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

Job 24:17For to all of these alike is the morning as the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.

Psalms 19:4(19:5) [But] their melody extendeth through all the earth, and to the end of the world their words. For the sun hath he set a tabernacle among them;

Psalms 104:21The young lions roar after their prey, and ask from God their food.

Psalms 139:9If I should lift up the wings of the morning-dawn, if I should dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:

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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