Job 38:19
Where is the way to the abode of light? And darkness—where is its dwelling-place?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
In Context
18Hast thou surveyed the breadth of the earth? Declare, if thou knowest it all!
20That thou shouldst lead it to its boundary, And that thou shouldst know the paths to its mansion!
Cross References
Psalms 18:11And he made darkness his covering; His pavilion round about him was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Psalms 105:28He sent darkness upon them, and made it dark; And they did not disobey his word.
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to Jehovah, your God, Before he bring darkness, And your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, And, while ye look for light, He turn it into deathlike shade, And make it gross darkness.
Amos 4:13For behold, he formed the mountains, and created the wind; He declareth to man what is his thought; He maketh the morning darkness, And walketh upon the high places of the earth; Jehovah, God of hosts, 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 →