Job 38:19
Where then is the way, the light shall abide? And, the darkness, where then is its place?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 well considered, even the breadths of the earth? Tell—if thou knowest it all!
Cross References
Genesis 1:3And God said—Light, be, And light was.
Deuteronomy 4:19or lest thou shouldest lift up thine eyes towards the heavens and see the sun and the moon, and the stars—all the host of the heavens, and shouldest be seduced, and shouldest bow thyself down to them and he led to serve them,—the which Yahweh thy God hath assigned unto all the peoples under all the heavens;
Psalms 18:11Made darkness his hiding-place, Round about him—his pavilion, Darkness of waters, clouds of vapours.
Psalms 105:28He sent darkness, and made it dark, But they rebelled against his words;
Jeremiah 13:16Give ye to Yahweh your God—glory, Before he cause darkness, and Before your feet stumble upon the twilight mountains; Lest, when ye wait for light, He turn it into the shadow of death, And change it for thick darkness.
Amos 4:13For lo! He that fashioned the mountains, and created the wind, and who telleth the son of earth what is his thought, who turneth dawn into darkness, and marcheth upon the high places of the earth, Yahweh, 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 →