Job 38:20

That you take it to its boundary, || And that you understand the paths of its house.

Literal Standard Version

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] this—the way light dwells? And darkness, where [is] this—its place?

21You have known—for then you are born, || And the number of your days [are] many!

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Cross References

Genesis 10:19And the border of the Canaanite is from Sidon, [in] your coming toward Gerar, to Gaza; [in] your coming toward Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, to Lasha.

Job 26:10He has placed a limit on the waters, || To the boundary of light with 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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