Job 38:18

Hast thou well considered, even the breadths of the earth? Tell—if thou knowest it all!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

In Context

17Have the gates of death been disclosed to thee? And, the gates of the death-shade, couldst thou descry?

19Where then is the way, the light shall abide? And, the darkness, where then is its place?

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Cross References

Job 28:24For, he, unto the ends of the earth, directeth his look, under all the heavens, he seeth;

Psalms 89:11Thine, are the heavens, Yea, thine, the earth, The world and the fulness thereof, Thou, didst found them;

Jeremiah 31:37Thus, saith Yahweh—If the heavens above can be measured, Or the foundations of the earth beneath, be searched out I also, may reject all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, Declareth Yahweh.

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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