Job 38:12
“Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,
World English Bible Catholic
In The King James Version
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
In Context
11and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here’?
13that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?
Cross References
Job 8:9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)
Job 24:16In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don’t know the light.
Job 38:21Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
Psalms 136:7to him who made the great lights, for his loving kindness endures forever;
Luke 1:78because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us,
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 →