Job 38:20

that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?

World English Bible Catholic

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

19“What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,

21Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!

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Cross References

Genesis 10:19The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon—as you go toward Gerar—to Gaza—as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim—to Lasha.

Job 26:10He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and 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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