Job 38:12

Or did I order the morning light in thy time; 1 And did the morning star then first see his appointed place; 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

In Context

11And I said to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, 1 But thy waves shall be confined within thee. 1

13To lay hold of the extremities of the earth, 1 To cast out the ungodly out of it? 1

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Cross References

Job 8:9(For we are of yesterday, and know nothing; 1 For our life upon the earth is a shadow): 1

Job 24:16In darkness he digs through houses: 1 By day they conceal themselves securely: 1 They know not the light. 1

Job 38:21I know then that thou wert born at that time, 1 And the number of thy years is great. 1

Psalms 136:7Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; 1 Who said, Raze it, raze it, even to its foundations. 1

Matthew Henry on Job 38:5-12

The Creation of the World. ( b. c. 1520.) 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 9 When I made the… Read the whole commentary →

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